The president of the National Petroleum Refinery and former Minister of Tourism, Felix Jiménez (Felucho), has apologized to Vice President Margarita Cedeño for his comment last week that became a trending topic on social media.
The remark was made when Jiménez was asked about the popularity of Margarita Cedeño that a recent Mark Penn poll ranked as among the best positioned pre-candidates for the 2020 presidential election. Cedeño has managed a major budget for social programs ever since she was a two-term First Lady when Leonel Fernandez was President. The comment made by Felucho was that a Vice President “only decides what will be cooked in her house.”
Vice President Margarita Cedeño promptly tweeted back:
“I refuse to believe that a man who claims to be a champion of cutting edge ideas, is the author of a phrase so primitive, typical of misogynists and ignorant. With his response, Felucho showed that he is baking in resentment when he sees women stand out and are valued.”
Jiménez argued that the Vice President apparently did not hear in full the TV interview and the context in which the phrase was expressed. Only that specific phrase that was interpreted as Vice President Cedeño being restricted to the stereotypical domain of the kitchen hit the fans of social media.
Later, the outspoken politician said it was never his intention to offend the Vice President. On the TV program Hoy Mismo on Thursday, 19 October 2017.
Jiménez said that his statement was taken out of context. He said: “What I tried to say was that a Vice President of the Republic, and I referred also to Augusto Lora and Jacinto Peynado, does what they are told”. He said a vice president is a person who exercises functions delegated by the President.
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23 October 2017
