GUÍA DE ISORA (TENERIFE), Oct 7 (EUROPA PRESS) –
King Felipe VI has shown this Thursday his “certainty” that the citizens of La Palma will “overcome” the adversities caused by the volcanic eruption with the “help of all”, in reference to all the administrations involved and society itself Spanish.
This was stated in the closing speech of the ‘I Meeting of Ministers of Justice of the Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Countries’ held in Tenerife, in which he valued the “gesture of brotherhood” of the participants with La Palma and the ” closeness and affection “of the Royal House with all citizens, especially those most affected by the volcano.
The King, who was in the Parliament of the Canary Islands this Thursday morning at the ceremony of delivery of the Gold Medal of the Royal Canarian Academy of Fine Arts of San Miguel Arcángel to the Parliament and also intervened by videoconference in a meeting of the Pevolca , has highlighted his “pride” in the “efficient” operation of all the institutions and public services on the island.
In this way, he has remarked that “they do everything possible” to attend to the emergency, the basic needs and solve the problems to “after all, give a future of hope to so many people and families who have practically lost everything. “.
The president of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, has acknowledged that La Palma is suffering a “hard and dramatic episode” that has left “irreparable material damage” and a “drama” for many families “who have lost everything.”
He pointed out that “they will never” be able to give back to those affected “what they have lost” but thanked society for the “signs of solidarity”, underlining that while working on the emergency, the “priority” is the people and that the eruption ” finish as it started “, without any human victims.
He has also insisted that despite the eruption, La Palma “is a safe destination”, like the whole of the Canary Islands.
