In “The Interview”, Paola Ugaz talked with Sonaly Support, former Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage, about her abrupt departure from the culture Ministry at the request of Alejandro Salas, after being against the statements of Prime Minister Aníbal Torres. In addition, he did not rule out entering politics. “I am willing matter,” she said.
– What did it make you hear the prime minister praise Adolf Hitler?
I think that like many people the reaction was rejection; but not only that, but also the possibility of being able to talk about the development of what we are and have been. So, within the framework of an exhibition where the values of the Caral civilization are highlighted, where they talk about the actions that our ancestors did to face climate change, where there was gender equality, where there were professional people capable of developing a technology, it seemed nonsense to me to have to use an example as unfortunate as the one used by the prime minister to refer to something as valuable as finding, in our own culture, an example to move forward.
– When they tell you about your departure, do they face you? How was your departure from the State?
The clearest summary of what happened is in the tweet and post by Facebook that I publish They asked me to resign for this or that thing and, finally, I was leaving office. No, there was no conversation with the Minister (of Culture), he asked another person to ask me to resign for these statements and I prepared my resignation because there was no need to turn the issue around.
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– But forms matter and I feel that in your case there has been mistreatment. Perhaps the minister did not have time, but another official could have given you a better send-off.
The ways in which decisions are finally made I do not know. I am not used to State management as it has been this first time.
It is a complicated scenario because there are schemes and forms that are handled that surprise you, you do not understand and, finally, you have to be loyal to your dignity, your reason for being in that space. I assumed this with a desire to serve. I have certain capacities and I considered that I had them to be able to manage from this ministry and I did the most honest work that I could do.
Regarding the forms, there are things that I would change, modify. In this case, yes, I imagine there was time for him to call (the minister), but he did not call me and they decided to make this statement.
– A few days have passed since the Prime Minister’s statements and the other ministers have not apologized to the governments of Germany and Israel. The only fired official is you for being against it, it is a very serious sign of what we live through.
When you are out of state, you have a criticism, a recommendation and, finally, when one assumes this, it is not that he grabs and puts on a mask, he is being what he is.
I come from the audiovisual field, I have learned more than 20 years through my program “Customs” with the essence of the people.
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– Many people are still looking for you to take the plunge into politics.
There is a responsibility as a citizen too, with your country and not with one that you imagine geographically; but of people, of faces, of towns, that is an essence that is not going to change in me.
I am always willing, I am willing material where it can be added. I’m not going to fight over basic and domestic questions. You have to start building with transformations. (…) I belong to that country of the silenced that the president spoke on that July 28. Thanks to Giselle Ortiz for having given me the opportunity to serve my country and Minister Salas because he asked me to stay because he recognized my work.