Zabala de la Serna Madrid
Madrid
Updated Sunday, March 24, 2024-11:10
The bullfighting day on Saturday brought an intense agenda that at its end had offered some incredible data:
three pardons took place, three
, in a single day. This figure that could be considered positive - as much as the attendance numbers of spectators in Pozoblanco, Almendralejo, Toledo, Las Rozas - nevertheless reveals an abuse of an exceptional measure such as the pardon, which is at its peak. Indultitis, they say.
The life of a bull from El Parralejo in Las Rozas (Jalaperras)
was spared
; to one from Juan Pedro Domecq in Almendralejo (Nudist); and a bull from El Freixo in La Línea (Pajarito). Turning the argument around, one could speak of the moment of excellence of the brave bull, but the truth is that the story of three pardons in one day indicates a certain laxity in the application of the measure of grace.
Luis Miguel Parrado says that in the entire 2001 season, more than 20 years ago, six animals were pardoned; This Saturday alone,
50%
of the pardons have occurred. Be careful because the argument that in times of voracious antituarinism the combat weapon must be what they demand, that is, the non-death of the bull, is very dangerous.
But the day had a special protagonist: María. She was the driving force
behind the triumph of solidarity in Las Rozas
with a project that bears her name - La Sonrisa de María - and which has been promoted by Gonzalo Caballero, the successful protagonist of the afternoon along with Lea Vicens.
The way in which Caballero has agitated for this initiative has been commendable
. For its capacity for media penetration and social convocation, as was proven at the charity dinner that preceded this Saturday's celebration. What a great ambassador of the party there is in him.