The school year starts marked by the arrest of minors

The two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles stressed this Monday that the new school year began today “marked” by the fact that dozens of adolescents remain deprived of liberty, after being apprehended in the context of the crisis unleashed after the presidential elections.

“Unfortunately, this beginning of classes is marked by young people who are imprisoned for political reasons and today they leave empty desks due to the anger of a few,” said the opponent in X, who has always considered education as the central axis of his politics. .

According to the non-governmental organization Foro Penal, which leads the defense of those considered political prisoners in the country, 68 minors remain imprisoned, to whom are added at least six students from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), all detained after the elections of July 28.

«The vast majority of Venezuelans are very clear that our youth and the country have no future with Maduro. “That feeling of change expressed by millions on July 28 remains in each one,” continued Capriles, who, like the majority opposition, assures that the result of the elections announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) is fraudulent.

The opponent asked Venezuelans “not to lose hope” of building a better educational system, “despite the hard times that the country is going through due to the economic, political and social crisis, coupled with the post-election repression and persecution felt” by the Venezuelans. youths.

“I want to express my recognition to the honorable and essential work of all the country’s educators, who despite having 929 days without a salary increase, continue to fight to form citizen awareness from the classrooms,” he added..