On International Women’s Day, there was a controversy over a tweet attributed to the director of the national police

From the Twitter account @henryproteger, which would be the staff of General Henry Armando Sanabria, current director of the national police, a series of religious publications have been made which have drawn criticism. members of Congress and opinion leaders in the country who remember that the Colombian state is secular.

Precisely, on Wednesday March 8, during the commemoration of International Women’s Day they posted a message that was interpreted as a call for female obedience.

“A woman’s charm makes her husband happy, and if she is sensible, she makes him prosper. A discreet wife is a gift from the Lord; an educated person is priceless. A modest woman is the greatest charm; nothing beats a reserved person (sic)”, They expressed themselves on the social network with a video of the commemorative event of this date inside the headquarters of the national police.

The message was not well received by many prominent figures in the country, who pointed out that This denotes a great macho charge that seeks to perpetuate this practice.

“General, I invite you to go out today in the streets of Colombia to see if you find today a submissive and discreet woman as you dream of. Your dreams General are our nightmares! (sic)”, Former deputy Ángela María Robledo, who was also Gustavo Petro’s vice-presidential formula in the 2018 elections, reacted.

While the representative in the Chamber of Bogotá Jennifer Pedraza wondered if the senior official could exercise his position if he had these prejudices.

“How come ‘women’s government’ put this man in charge of @policiacolombia. If those who should be looking after us are asking us to be quiet, to be submissive and to act to please men, WE ARE NOT SURE. @petrogustavo responds and removes this man from office (sic),” the MP rebuked.

The eminent jurist and former deputy magistrate of the Constitutional Court also joined in these criticisms. Rodrigo Sincere who recalled that Colombia is not a confessional state.

“A doubly unacceptable message from someone who is running as Director of Police: i) because ignores that Colombia is a secular state and ii) because it reproduces discriminatory stereotypes against women, Specify on the international day against discrimination against women (sic)”, she stuffed.

But it’s not the first time they’ve slammed posts about women in this story, which they attribute to the police chief.on February 12, they talked about a Bible quote about adultery.

“Saint Matthew 5, 31-32: “But I tell you: He who #divorces his #wife, except in the case of #illegal union, exposes her to commit #adultery; and he who marries a woman abandoned by her #husband, commits adultery (sic)”, pointed the trill.

Also in this postCritics rain down on him for his macho and religious characteristics. One of the strongest came from the famous Colombian-French feminist Florence Thomas.

“The remarks of the director general of the national police are inadmissible. Forget that since 1991 our country is a secular state. Moreover, his reading of the Bible is monumentally poor. We women had already reacted to his appointment by this government (sic)”, she criticized.

At the time, what happened with the crime of DJ Valentina Trespalacios and the capture of her famous femicide was all the rage.John Poulos, who was placed in purple handcuffs, which is the color that represents the fight against gender violence, and from this point of view the councilor of Bogotá, Heidy Sánchez, expressed his objections.

“Imagine the confidence women feel to report violence when the General of @PoliciaColombia posts this stuff? Do you understand why purple handcuffs are not enough? @petrogustavo this man shouldn’t be in charge of the police (sic),” the lobbyist said then.