UPN denounces the attack on its councilor in Burlada during the patron saint festivities

UPN has denounced the attack suffered by its councilor in the Burlada City Council Carlos Oto during the town's festivities, after a man broke into the party headquarters yesterday and hit him in the chest. The mayor had to receive medical attention, as reported by the regionalist party.

The events occurred while several members of UPN and other people were at the premises celebrating the holiday. According to the party's story, the individual entered the place and headed towards Oto, whom he hit while uttering various insults and slogans against the party.

UPN claims that the man shouted "UPN kanpora" (UPN out), as well as "sons of a bitch" and "fucking fachas." The situation ended with the intervention of the Police, according to the party.

The party has condemned what happened and has considered it "unacceptable in democracy" for a public representative to be subjected to physical or verbal attacks. In his opinion, these episodes should provoke "the condemnation and rejection of all groups without exception", especially when they take place during the festivities of a town, which, he has defended, should be marked by "good harmony, coexistence and respect."

UPN has also denounced the "physical and verbal violence" that, it maintains, it continues to suffer from sectors of the "nationalist radical" and has demanded that this type of behavior be "completely banished" from society.

In this sense, the party has questioned the appeals to coexistence that, in its opinion, are made by the Government if they are not accompanied by a condemnation of this type of events.

The regionalist formation has finally transferred its support to councilor Carlos Oto and the entire UPN organization in Burlada. "We encourage you to continue working with the same passion and commitment for the residents of Burlada and not to let yourself be defeated by the threats and attacks of the usual intolerant people," he concluded.