Candelaria Toledo has written to La Voz to tell that on the 4th, the Local Police of Arrecife received "orders" to force a group of young people to leave the Argana Alta school, where they were spending the afternoon playing football. "If you are young and live in Arrecife you are lucky, but if you also live in the Argana Alta neighborhood, then you are sure to have a good summer," this neighbor has ironically said.
In the same line of irony, Candelaria Toledo states that in Argana there are "many facilities" for young people to enjoy. Among these are three playgrounds "without oars and with the rofe full of garbage." In the neighborhood there is also a soccer field, which "only opens to play games."
And, even, Argana Alta has a "magnificent sports center", with "a gym that has such high fees that many young people cannot pay and with a court that you can use if you rent it." "But, luckily, these neighborhood children, humble and bored, have found an alternative, playing on the school court," this neighbor explained.
For years they have been spending the afternoons there, "although they have to jump the fence to do so," according to this woman. However, on the 4th, the Local Police of Arrecife forced them to leave the school, according to Candelaria Toledo. "They were just playing soccer," she said.
The police, according to this woman, claimed that they had received "orders" and, therefore, had evicted the courtyard. "Who did those orders come from? Perhaps from a superior whose children or nephews can afford other diversions?", she wondered.
"Perhaps the excuse is that they can destroy the school. Well, put a security guard. Aren't there security guards on other courts in Arrecife? Why not in Argana? What is clear is that the children of Argana are the eternally forgotten. Let's do something to keep these children entertained and enjoying themselves. Not only the children of the wealthy have the right", this neighbor has criticized.
