Monday, February 14, 2011

Ceuta canceled a concert by Kiko Veneno questioning the españolidad Ceuta

Ceuta canceled a concert by Kiko Veneno españolidad questioning the Government of Ceuta Ceuta explained Monday that canceled Kiko Veneno concert scheduled for Sunday in the Autonomous City for questioning the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla in an interview. As reported in a note by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Government Women Ceuta, the concert was canceled after the publication of a statement to People of Ceuta diarioEl in which the artist did not consider Ceuta and Melilla, Spanish cities.

Ceuta and Melilla are logically perceived in the territory of Morocco In the interview published Friday in the newspaper, the singer said: "Ceuta and Melilla are logically perceived in the territory of Morocco, in what is now Morocco, despite which is founded by Spanish or Portuguese 500 years ago, but it is almost as Gibraltar.

Although no one dares to say, everyone sees that if England Gibraltar back to us, as it should, we would have to return Ceuta and Melilla on the Moroccan ". For this reason, the Minister of Culture of the Autonomous Government, Mabel Deu (PP), chose the artist does not move to Ceuta and cancel the concert, in fact, has begun a refund of the tickets sold.

The artist, through his official website, regretted the incident: "I am very sorry not being able to go to Ceuta to sing for the audience that awaited me, for my players and myself, I just wanted to take my music a unique city, who knew from long ago but I had never touched. " The singer has stated: "Although my words were unfortunate, but arrived at the wrong time and I naively thought that were not part of the interview, maybe I would just talk about music instead of giving a point of view, which clearly I have the right, but that falls apart when you hurt sensibilities and disturbs many.

" Did not mean to go against anyone, let alone the people of Ceuta "I accept my mistake and I apologize to who might be offended by a comment that did not mean to go against anyone and in any case he was talking about the people of Ceuta, but doing political and geographical analysis of Ceuta, Melilla, a city where my father was born and Gibraltar ", he explained José María López Sanfeliu (Figueres, Girona, 1952), full name of the artist.

Thus, added: "When I realized the damage it could cause it was late, I feel very much what has happened, I do not know if those who are offended will forgive me, I'm asking sincerely." The Ministry of Education, Culture and Women has regretted the inconvenience to the public that he planned to attend the concert and praised the gesture of the artist to make public apologies.

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