Análisis del discurso del ex ministro Carrillo: caso de femicidio de María Belén Bernal

Abstract

The critical analysis of the political speeches of former minister Patricio Carrillo that focus on the case study of the femicide of María Belén Bernal is essential because it allows understanding and challenging gender stereotypes, denouncing political violence and evaluating laws based on situations of violence against women. These analyzes provide a deeper vision and reflection of the social and political dynamics that surround femicides and femicides, in order to continue the fight to eradicate violence against women. The discourses that are analyzed from the critical paradigm where the methodology used is critical discourse analysis with its precursor Van Dijk (1999). This methodology helps to understand how a figure of power, in this case the former Minister of the Interior Patricio Carrillo, reproduces messages from a certain social and political context. That is why the critical analysis is established in 3 interviews conducted with the former minister, and its approach is qualitative due to the discursive representations established in the object of study. At the conclusion of this analysis, the lack of responsibility assumed by the Ecuadorian State in relation to the feminicide of María Belén Bernal is evident. This highlights the need to question the actions and omissions of state, judicial and police institutions in the protection of women who are victims of gender violence. This research case urges us to reflect on the importance of replanting and implementing effective policies and measures that address and integrate this great social problem.