Pacma asks that the minimum age to attend bulls is the same as to see ‘Soledad afternoons’, 16 years

The Pacma Animalist Party He has asked the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, that the minimum age to attend bullfighting shows is the same with which Albert Serra’s documentary has been classified ‘Solitude afternoons’“Not recommended for children under 16 years “. However, sources from the Ministry have remembered Europa Press to determine age for this type of shows is “autonomous competition.”

While the age classification of the feature film is a culture task, since the Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts Institute (Icaa), from the department that Urtasun directs have reiterated that it is not their compete Children under 16 can go to bullfights if they are accompanied by an adult.

For his part, the president of Pacma, Javier Luna, has branded from “incoherence and hypocrisy“That both ages are not aligned and has attributed it to the government.” Despite being fully aware that these shows should not be contemplated by minors, even, through a screen they are allowing them to attend, not only under 16, but 10, 8 or 6 years, to witness them live and direct“, Criticism.

Pacma denounces that bullfights are a “terrible exhibition” of extreme and explicit violence “and that entail” celebration and glorification “elements of it.

“Protecting children in the face of all forms of violence is a duty of all public authorities established in the Organic Law of Legal Protection of the minor. However, we have a government that, hypocritically, protects them from bullfighting violence in movie theaters, but not of that same live violence, in bullring, “they conclude.