Chile: campaign against domestic violence stopping a real murderer

The Chilean government withdrew a campaign on social media on Monday (June 1st), facing a barrage of criticism, showing a man who was genuinely sentenced for the murder of his wife and made a tearful plea against violence against women.

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"My dear little girl, my princess. In these days of confinement I miss you more than ever, and I have been very worried since I know that your boyfriend attacked you , ” says the prisoner in this video. "My soul cries for what is happening to you. Maybe I'm punished with life for what I did to your grandmother. Even if she is no longer with us, there is not a night spent without my asking forgiveness for all the harm I have done to her, " continues the individual, who concludes: " It is never too late to reflect and to ask forgiveness for past mistakes . "

"The tears of an aggressor are useless to end violence against women"

The campaign raised uproar, especially among women's rights organizations. " The tears of an aggressor are useless to put an end to violence against women," denounced the Chilean Network against violence against women. "Do not come with your letters, do not come to ask for forgiveness or compassion because here the culprit, the one who struck, it is you," protested the NGO Corporacion Matria.

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Faced with criticism, the Chilean Minister of Women, Macarena Santelices, apologized and announced the immediate withdrawal of the campaign. "An aggressor can never justify himself," said the minister, who was already at the center of controversy when she was appointed a month ago because of her lack of experience in the field of women's rights and because of her connection. related to the former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).

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