Oviedo.- The President of the Principality, Adrián Barbón, has announced today that the Government of Asturias is going to open the “pertinent” investigation with “all the forcefulness” to find out the circumstances surrounding the suicide of a young Gijon victim of bullying .
This has been stated in relation to the discovery yesterday of the body of the 20-year-old girl, who was rescued at the foot of the Santa Catalina hill in Gijón, the city where this former student from the La Asunción school disappeared on Friday,
The educational center has released a statement in which it has expressed its commitment to the “fight against bullying.”
“It seems that the school itself has made itself available for any investigation,” said Barbón, who has opted to “strengthen the protocols.”
Report at “the slightest suspicion”
In Barbón’s opinion, it is “very important” that people understand that when they find out about a situation of bullying, and in the face of “the slightest suspicion, they cannot look the other way”, whether they are teachers, students, classmates or parents.
“It must be denounced because, unfortunately, when it is not cut it can lead to a tragedy like the one we have experienced,” said the Asturian president, who announced the launch of an investigation with “all the forcefulness.”
In the face of bullying, he has advocated “looking for formulas”, since “if the barrier of educational centers does not work because they do not visualize, they are not able to locate or, in some cases, because they do not want to locate it” it is necessary to enable ” other means through other resources that allow action”.
Lose the fear of asking for help
The death of the young woman has left Barbón with a “bad body” and “a lot of disappointment”, “sadness” and “anger”, a “collective” feeling of the citizenry, because “it cannot be that a person loses their life due to harassment ”.
In addition, the President of the Principality has made a call for “joint reflection” by society, to which he has stated that “we must lose fear and the taboo of saying when someone needs psychological help”, which he has urged in “ask for it”.
“I went to the psychologist when I was young, and I am the president of the Principality”, said Barbón, who has encouraged young people and adults who are going through a complicated situation to “never hesitate to ask for help”.
The regional Administration has a mental health plan “in progress” to reinforce care, although “the first thing is that people lose their fear of asking for help,” he concluded.