• Education.Special education calls for the resignation of Isabel Celaá for her "lack of respect" for a PP deputy with a daughter with Down syndrome

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The Minister of Education, Isabel Celaá, has called by phone this Thursday the deputy of the

PP

Juan José Matarí

to apologize for telling him in Congress that he did not know what he was talking about when he defended the special education schools and counted labor inclusion and that her daughter Andrea, with Down syndrome, has enjoyed after studying at one of these centers.

"Mr. Matarí, where do you come from? How far do you come from? You have no contact, neither with the educational world, nor with parents, nor with children, nor with teachers. You don't know from what He speaks, "Celaá snapped at Matarí on Wednesday, causing laughter from the

PSOE

bench

.

The PP parliamentarian had asked the minister "why the Government legislates outside the

Constitution

" and, in his second speech, he recounted the case of his daughter.

Probably the minister had her answer prepared in advance and either did not pay attention to what Matarí was saying or else she did not know how to improvise another more empathetic response to the girl's case.

"My answer focused on his question, which accused me of legislating against the Constitution. It was never my intention to disrespect him, neither him nor his family," the minister wrote on Twitter this Thursday.

"My commitment to people with disabilities and their families is unequivocal.

Lomloe

guarantees everyone's right to the best education, both in ordinary and special centers," he stressed.

On Wednesday, the

Inclusive Education Platform Yes, Special Also

, which groups people with disabilities, demanded the resignation of the minister for responding "in a mean and miserable way, inappropriate for the position she represents," in the words of

José María Escudero

, spokesperson for the platform.

Precisely this Thursday the PP has registered a non-law proposal asking for Celaá's disapproval for "the contempt shown to families who wish to school their children in special education centers, for violating the constitutional right to freedom of education and for promote a law that violates the freedom of families who wish to educate their children in special education centers. "

The PNL, signed by the parliamentary spokesperson,

Cuca Gamarra

, argues that Celaá's words "have hurt Spanish society, the educational community and, in particular, families and the organizations that represent them" because, in their response, "It has implied that education in special education centers is segregating and elitist."

"Why would it be outside the Constitution to combat school segregation, of whatever nature it may be? Why would it be outside the Constitution to try to put many more resources in ordinary centers to deal with special education precisely? What happens is that you do not defend equality, you defend privilege. And, when you say freedom, you are saying cuts in freedoms, "Celaá said in response to Matarí.

The president of

Ciudadanos

, Inés Arrimadas, also considered this Thursday "unacceptable" the "insensitivity" demonstrated, in her opinion, by the minister.

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