Karina:
Embarrassed,
Apologizes
But
Says
Not
Ashamed
Karina
Bolaños
told
CNN
en
Español
that
she
is
very
embarrassed
with
the
Costa
Rican
but
has
nothing
to
be
ashamed
of,
and
that
an
injustice
has
been
committed
against
here.
"It
is a
very
old
and
personal
video
of
mine",
Bolaños
CNN,
explaining
that
the
footage
was
taken
in
2007
when
she
was
separate
from
her
husband,
a
Costa
Rican
legislator.
Bolaños
held
the
post
of
vice-ministra
de
la
Juventud
since
2006
and
the
is
angry
at
not
being
given
chance
to
defend
herself,
being
forced
to
resign
(fired).
The
video
is
strictly
related
to
her
private
life
and
related
to
her
work
as a
public
official.
"I
think
as a
woman,
I
had
a
right
to
defend
myself
and
to
speak.
These
are
questions
of
my
intimate
private
life
that
have
nothing
to
do
with
my
work,"
she
said.
The
former
vice-minister
explained
to
the
media
that
a
computer
engineer
hired
by
her
family
to
install
security
cameras
stole
the
video
and
tried
to
blackmail
her
to
stop
its
release,
she
said.
"It
is
very
difficult
to
prove
because
he
is a
computer
engineer
and
he
is
one
of
those
people
that
hacks
and
steals
accounts,
and...because
my
husband
is a
congressman
and
I am
a
vice
minister,
he
took
advantage
of
the
situation
to
get
money
out
of
us,"
she
said.
The
firing
of
Bolaños
over
the
publishing
of
the
video
showing
her
lying
on a
bed
in
her
underwear
and
apparently
talking
to
her
lover,
sparked
controversy.
Some
believe
that
a
public
official
at
that
level
should
be
held
to
higher
accountability
that
the
average
citizen,
while
others
feel
that
presidenta
Laura
Chinchilla
acted
hastily
in
firing
the
woman.
Criticism
over
the
Presidenta's
call
and
acceptance
of a
resignation
pointed
out
that
in
the
past
in
dealing
with
allegations
of
corruption
in
her
government
officials
-
citing
the
most
recent
of
accusations
involving
her
second
vice-president
and
the
minister
of
Education
-
the
Presidenta
has
called
an
investigation
before
taking
action.
But,
in
this
case,
involving
a
woman
and
in a
private
affair,
she
is
being
discriminating.
Many
Costa
Ricans
feel
that
the
incident
is
more
embarrassing
to
the
Presidenta
and
her
administration
than
the
string
of
resignations
of
key
ministers
since
she
took
power
two
and
half
years
ago.
Experts
believe
that
Bolaños'
human
rights
have
been
violated.
Meanwhile
in
the
social
media
debate
the
following
comment
was
posted
"A
woman
who
enjoys
her
sexuality
and
does
so
for
love
is
to
be
admired,
resigning
should
be
the
thieves
leave
the
trail
and
corrupt
legislators".
Another
example,
"the
stupidity,
hypocrisy
and
medieval
thinking
that
soaked
us
today".
Feminist
movements
are
calling
this
an
issue
of
"machismo".
Costa Rica's
Daily English News Source
Apdo. 2133-1000, San José, Costa
Rica
Tel: (506) 8399 9642
Fax: (506) 2232 6337
Email:
editor@insidecostarica.com
facebook
twitter
