The insular secretary general of the Tenerife nationalists, Francisco Linares; the Secretary of Organization of CC de Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, and the spokesperson of CC-PNC in the Cabildo, Carlos Alonso, made clear the current «great concern» because Tenerife «is lagging behind in the context of the Archipelago», due to the lack of investments and strategic plans for the future, in addition to classifying the Canary Islands and Tenerife as “mistreatment” of the General State Budgets. Linares criticized that there is a «comparative grievance between Gran Canaria and Tenerife, and this worries us a lot. The Island is lagging behind and we do not see leadership in either the Government or the Cabildo, since they are not capable of promoting projects.
As for the General State Budgets, “where the Canary Islands are at the bottom in territorial investment”, Linares assured that they represent a “serious breach of the REF and the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands.” «To be back in the queue in the proportional distribution of the autonomous communities is a public mistreatment and of course, a total oblivion of the Canary Islands. It is a humiliating and colonial treatment towards the Canary Islands very evident, “he assured. He also denounced that “the Government of Spain continues to disregard the Canaries.”