The deputy of the Parliamentary Group Podemos Canarias, Francisco Déniz, considers that the Minister of Education, Soledad Monzón, is committing "an indecency by trying to use public money to promote the large video game multinationals."
In this way, Déniz criticizes that "the Ministry, through one of its general directorates, intends to introduce e-sports into the school based on creating a school league in public centers." "The Ministry has skipped the agreements that have been approved in Parliament regarding taking measures against obesity and sedentary lifestyle, and even ignores that competitive electronic games have been excluded from the Sports Law", he affirms
Therefore, he has requested an appearance so that the minister "explains this measure and others that have to do with some general directorates distributing consoles to physical education teachers". "The educational community is outraged and will mobilize against this school video game league in the Canary Islands, since the Ministry has not listened to the demands of parents' associations", Déniz advances.
Hidden interests
The deputy of the purple formation asks "what hidden interests does CC have behind this commitment to video games", since he already denounced last April in parliamentary headquarters that "the new strategy of the nationalists to promote a private business is to activate all their city councils and councils to promote and promote e-sports, giving subsidies."
"The minister has not even taken into account the recommendations of the World Health Organization on the inclusion as a disease of the disorder caused by addiction to video games," Déniz denounces.
Therefore, he makes a call to parents, mothers, center directors and teachers "to prevent these practices from being promoted from the institutions", since "public money cannot be used to promote large multinationals, when it is also well known and there is numerous research and evidence of the addiction potential of electronic games."
"This is a clear example of the connivance of the CC Government with business groups and multinationals that have little or no interest in the well-being of the population. I do not deny that people play what they want, but public institutions should not promote competitive video games," he concludes.
