The Council of Rectors condemns the acts of violence against the rector and community of the University of Concepción

The Council of Rectors publicly expresses its solidarity with the University of Concepción and its university community, with its rector, Mr. Sergio Lavanchy Merino and his family, for the reprehensible acts of violence that have affected them in recent days, promoted by groups of students who have not known how to value the opportunities for dialogue that exist in said university community.

These student groups from the University of Concepción have called for a mobilization that promotes the path of "occupations" and actions of offense against university authorities, generating a climate of violence and lack of communication that makes spaces for meeting impossible.

The Council of Rectors emphatically reiterates its deepest rejection of violence in all its forms. Such actions will never be part of life in a university institution, as these are the institutions where individuals are educated in a spirit of dialogue, mutual respect, and freedom, in constant pursuit of the common good. Such behavior constitutes a serious threat to the norms and culture of a state governed by the rule of law, which the Council of Rectors condemns in the strongest terms because it degrades valuable traditions not only within the university, but also the fundamental pillars of democracy and respect for the universal rights of every person.