Verónika Mendoza: “Neither chemical castration nor the death penalty are the solutions”

Verónika Mendoza's new political party spoke out after the case of little Damaris, who was kidnapped and raped by a subject in the city of Chiclayo.

The policy stressed that this case reflects what is currently registered in various cities of Peru against women, “reaching outrageous levels of dehumanization”, and therefore urged the authorities to establish “drastic measures” against the aggressors of children.

Through its social networks, Mendoza stressed that higher sanctions are demanded against anyone who shows any type of violence.

“We demand the highest sanctions for these crimes, exemplary imprisonment for the guilty, comprehensive care and support for victims and families, but, above all, it is necessary once and for all to implement policies to prevent violence, with comprehensive sexual education,” the movement said on its Twitter account.

In this regard, the political organizer said that the government should address issues of a gender perspective in order to “end stereotypes and educate with equality”. He also urged the media “not to make violence a spectacle theme that at the same time reinforces inequality and other violence.”

AGAINST CHEMICAL CASTRATION

Following Pedro Castillo's proposal on chemical castration for rapists, Verónika Mendoza assured that this would not be the right channel to end these cases, despite understanding the indignation that our country is experiencing at the rising wave of sexual violence in all genders and ages.

“We understand outrage, but neither chemical castration nor the death penalty are solutions. There is no evidence whatsoever of its efficiency. Worse still, sectors that are proposing it today are the same ones that block women's rights. We will continue to be organized fighting for our lives,” his message said.

PEDRO CASTILLO

After the case of little Damaris, a three-year-old girl kidnapped and raped by Juan Antonio Enríquez García, in Chiclayo, the head of state, Pedro Castillo, announced that the government evaluates compulsory chemical castration for rapists of minors, adolescents and women, as well as being carried out in other countries of the world.

“Enough of so much violence, crimes of sexual violence against children will not be tolerated by this government, nor will they go unpunished. The pain of this family is also ours, I am outraged by such cruelty,” the president said in a press release issued by the Presidency of the Republic.

“This atrocious and inhumane fact leads us to enormous reflection as a country to adopt stricter public policies of the State that safeguard the human rights of the most defenseless of our children, and chemical castration is an option, we cannot wait any longer,” he said.

In that statement, Castillo Terrones points out that the feasibility of this measure should be included in the Penal Code and that the approval of the Congress of the Republic will be required for its legality, as has been done in countries such as Russia, the United States (seven states), Poland, South Korea, Indonesia and Moldova, where these actions are already being implemented.

“We urge the Congress of the Republic to support concrete measures in favor of the most vulnerable, because we cannot continue to tolerate these violent acts that damage our integrity as a society and destroy the lives of the defenseless ,” he said.

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