A group of students from the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM) this Thursday prevented the holding of a conference in which the legislator was going to participate Alejandro Muñante, from Popular Renewal. According to the poster for the event, the parliamentarian would be a panelist at a conference on the “influence of globalism on the conception of human rights,” scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
However, the student protest, which included speeches such as “San Marcos belongs to the people, not to the corrupt” and “Muñante, listen, San Marcos repudiates you,” forced the postponement of the conversation. Videos released by the congressman even showed some struggles with apparent security. Muñante, who arrived with a procession within minutes, was previously received with signs of rejection.
“We have seen that, in a display of intolerance and hostility, the guarantees are not given to be able to develop this presentation of ideas in a university where the diversity of opinions is supposed to be respected because we live in a rule of law. However, we will not be able to have the conference. There is an audience that has come to listen and, out of respect for them and in order not to expose their integrity, it would be best to postpone this conference,” he declared in a clip broadcast on his X account, formerly Twitter.
In subsequent messages, the parliamentarian clarified that he will remain “firm in the fight against the imposition of a single thought” and pointed out that “the San Marcos residents that I know would not do” that. “Do not deceive yourself, nor deceive the rest, a group of violentists does not even remotely represent the students of the Dean of America,” he added.
Muñante would also be accompanied by Olga Izquierdowho jumped into the public sphere for recording a video against the inclusive posters that Lima Airport Partners (LAP) placed at the entrances to the bathrooms of the Jorge Chávez International Airport, an action that triggered the repudiation of the trans collective and feminist organizations.
As a result of that clip, the Supervisory Body for Investment in Public Transport Infrastructure (Ositran) asked LAP to remove the signs, considering that they generate “confusion among users” and specified that the “traditionally used” symbols are “sufficient.” so that they can choose to enter “the ones that correspond to them without any discrimination.”
The measure, celebrated at the time by the legislator who opposes the gender approach and the legal interruption of pregnancy, was described by him as a “first step in the eradication of absurd policies that render girls, boys and adolescents defenseless.” .
The Manuela Ramos organization rejected the request and considered that, if implemented, it would mean a setback in the recognition of diversity rights, while Féminas denounced that its voice was not fully heard.
The Muñante event was going to take place, despite the fact that the UNMSM had imposed restrictions on events critical of the government and on demonstrations against the president. Dina Boluarte. In January, the university issued a circular censuring the sponsorship of “political proselytizing” events.
The Undergraduate Academic Vice-Rector sent a document, signed by Carlos Francisco Cabrera, in which he prohibited the use of auditoriums and classrooms for political events. As a result, presentations of books critical of the government were canceled, such as “Outburst in the Andes”in addition to commemorations of dead protesters and activities regarding the police raid on the campus.
Rector Jeri Ramón has been key in implementing these measures. According to Hildebrandt on his thirteenth, the directive seeks to avoid any potentially disruptive event for the government. Arranging auditoriums for political events now requires additional conditions, which complicates its implementation.
The San Marcos community La Higuerrilla denounced censorship after the cancellation of the book presentation “Our Dead”, a chronicle about the fatalities of anti-government protests. Despite managing permits and obtaining validations, the Faculty of Social Sciences obstructed the activity, alleging the lack of an agreement with the publisher Penguin Random House.
