Tuana
It is no longer just a name; it is a breaking point that this country has to face its politics, its institutions and its silences.
A young woman, serious allegations and then a “suspicious” death.
In this country, the word “suspect” is no longer a legal term, but a political refuge. It is a mechanism that covers up the truth, diffuses responsibility and eventually makes us forget.
What is more serious is the silence surrounding this event.
Where are the political parties? Why are women's organizations fragmented, why selective? Does the perpetrator's identity determine who makes how much noise in which incident?
If so, there is no “right” being defended; there is only a position.
Those who are silent for Tuana today may have been at the forefront of another incident yesterday. But this inconsistency does not kill the struggle; it kills trust. The struggle for women's rights is not a topic that opens and closes according to the political conjuncture. Either it is defended in every situation or it has never been truly defended.
The picture is even graver for political parties.
Their reflexes are the same when faced with allegations from within their own ranks: Defend, pass, forget. However, politics is an office of responsibility, not a shield of protection. The identity, party or position of a perpetrator cannot change the way justice is administered. If it does, there is not law, but open decay.
The test of women's organizations and civil society at this point is also clear:
Is a universal principle being defended, or is an ideological space being protected? If the reaction is selective, it is political, not moral. And what is political is often shaped by the balance of power.
So it's not just about Tuana.
The question is whether justice is really equal in this country.
The issue is whether the lives of women and young people are considered less valuable than political calculations.
The message today is dangerous:
“If you are strong you are protected, if you are alone you are forgotten.”
Getting used to it, accepting it, normalizing it...
This is precisely the real decay.
It is necessary to speak frankly:
Silence is not neutrality. Silence is taking a position in favor of the powerful.
Selective anger is not conscience, it is strategy.
Demanding justice for Tuana is not a political choice; it is a fundamental ethical imperative.
But an order that fulfills even this obligation by calculating it is no longer just problematic; it is dangerous.
Because it is not just a life that is lost here;
It is society's belief in justice.
And once that belief is destroyed, no political discourse, no institution, no structure can easily rebuild it.
Tuana is easy to forget.
The difficult thing is to confront this order.