Jorge Telerman defended Javier Milei for the booing at the Teatro Colón | He stressed that it was a spontaneous reaction

The director of the Teatro Colón, Jorge Telerman, referred to the boos that the presidential candidate of La Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei, received in the prominent cultural space and stressed that “any expression of intolerance must be repudiated.”

“After the interval of the opera, a group of people began to applaud and a small group began to say those expressions that are heard. The lights went out, the second act continued and the opera ended,” said the Buenos Aires official.

In radio statements, Telerman insisted that it was a “spontaneous manifestation of expressions of affection at the beginning and reactions to that.” And he clarified: “There was no ambush or anything organized. It was two minutes, nothing more, although on social networks it seems that it would have been much hotter, fiery.”

Regarding the episode, the former head of the City Government stressed that “any expression of intolerance must be repudiated” and concluded: “This is unusual at the Teatro Colón, where the forms are usually much more elegant.”

The libertarian candidate attended the Teatro Colón on Friday night to see the opera Madame Butterfly, accompanied by his partner, the star Fátima Florez. Some of those present discovered him and came up to greet him.

The economist – who was first once in his life to Colón – distributed handshakes and smiles accompanied by the actress, who was clad in a furious red dress, like the flag of the Communist Party. Of course, those who reject the libertarian also discovered it and it was there that the repudiations began to be heard and then the “Milei, trash, you are the dictatorship”, to which was soon added the “Never Again, Never Again”.

He growing up The singing made Milei and her companion nervous. It was no wonder, they must have thought that the Teatro Colón was a friendly and safe place to show themselves at this time of electoral ban. But they were wrong. Repudiation also came from the orchestra and Even a few bars of the Peronist march were heard..