Minister of Education Says Don’t Be Judgmental

C.E.O. Catzim-Sanchez expressed her disappointment that more people didn’t step in to help and highlighted the Disability Bill and policy aimed at better educating the public. The Minister of Education, Francis Fonseca, also commented on the situation, addressing the lack of response from those along Gabriel’s route on Monday afternoon. He urged the public not to judge those who, for various reasons, couldn’t assist Gabriel.

 

Francis Fonseca, Minister of Education

“ I’ve heard people say, “Oh, where is your humanity? Where is your community spirit?” And again, I want to urge people, let’s not be judgmental. The question is what would I do? What would I do? You never know in circumstances like that, you never quite know what your response will be. It depends what’s happening in your life during what you’re doing at that time. People have their own problems. They’re rushing to reach somewhere. They’re focused on what they’re doing. Saving him, obviously, would have been fantastic. We would have loved for somebody to intervene and pick up and hold little Pablo and bring him back safely to school. That would have been wonderful and ideal but I don’t want to also judge people.”