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Cermi described as "very unfortunate and totally unjustifiable" for a politician to call " silly "to the disabled

President of the English Committee of Representatives of Persons with Disabilities (CERMI), Luis Cayo Pérez, has described as "very unfortunate and totally unjustifiable" political representative call a "silly" people with disabilities ", after meeting the deputy secretary of the PP and fourth of the General Committee, Celia Villalobos, was referring to people with disabilities during the Board of Spokesmen of Congress held on Tuesday.

Thus, considered "very serious" Some English politicians still use forms "outdated" and "profoundly unjust" to refer to citizens with disabilities. The committee also explained that Villalobos argued that it is a "colloquial name and well spoken in your land."

However, Cayo Pérez said that "it is good that there are politicians who can see reality and consider inadmissible the use of harmful language" to refer to the disabled. Also, the Cermi has asked the political class that projects an image of "respect, dignity and value of the difference of human diversity."

Speaking to Europa Press, the president of the Committee on Social Image Cermi Disability, Juan Antonio Ledesma, has assured that the words of the parliamentary "are derogatory and inappropriate" of any politician and to compare people with disabilities with the silly, even that is a street lingo, "only helps to perpetuate some obsolete expressions, and outdated stereotypes that discriminate against these people."

Ledesma, who has argued that "no politician, has the job you have, could undermine the dignity and less suffering from a disability" has also argued that the words of Villalobos' is not a role model " and that he hoped "there was a slip."

"VILLALOBOS has insulted almost 9 percent of the population"

also claims that the MP 'popular' "has insulted almost 9 percent population, represented by the nearly four million disabled people currently living in Spain, "while the deputy has called publicly apologize to the disabled and their families, which in total are about ten million people.

also , regretted that Villalobos, "which is a person who is supposed especially sensitive because he has been Minister for Health and has had to fight hard for the collective", compare to the disabled with the silly "as if those poor ".

Finally, Ledesma - who has indicated that the Cermi has not thought of sending a formal letter to the PP on this issue - said that English citizens have, in general, "a positive image of disability" because he has been evolving for the better. "People with disabilities are integrated into society as normal and do not ask for preferential treatment, but equal opportunities," he concluded.