Tenerife has retired the general Frank the title of Adoptive Son of the Island, granted on August 20, 1936, very shortly after the start of the Civil War. It has materialized through a motion of an institutional nature. Presented jointly by PSOE and Sí Podemos Canarias, it was supported by the rest of the groups: CC-PNC, PP and Mixed (Cs). The proposal is based on complying with the Historical Memory Law and it also implies the withdrawal of all his honors and distinctions.
The Law obliges administrations to take measures for the withdrawal of the symbols of the military uprising, of the Civil war and the repression of the dictatorship. This message has been the central axis of the proposal endorsed by all political forces. The text states that the Cabildo “must adopt the appropriate agreements to comply with the articles contained in the Historical Memory Law as well as the Proposition No. of Law approved by the Constitutional Commission of the Congress of Deputies on November 20, 2002.
The full consensus and institutional agreements. It could be the summary of the November regular session. The day has already begun with this tenor when the proposals referring to two ephemeris that have been fulfilled this month were supported: the Day Against Gender Violence (the 25th) and the World Diabetes Day (the 14th).
The consensus did not stop there, since three of the five motions of the opposition groups had this character with different contributions. The Canary Islands Coalition received support in two of its three initiatives, that of establishing a 24-hour customs service and a plan to promote Rural Women.
From customs to heritage.
The customs agreement establishes that “from the Port Authority and the Port Inspection Centers work together to improve the digital services chart with which all users will be informed in detail ”. As for rural women, the final draft includes “updating the study of their situation in Tenerife to know the reality and establish effective actions adapted to the needs”. In addition, “it is intended to promote access to property and the balanced representation of women who live and work in rural areas in economic, institutional and social decision-making spaces.” There was also unanimous support for the initiative of the Popular Group to “provide resources and promote coordinated actions in its development of an Island Plan for Historical and Cultural Heritage.”
Question of territory.
That unanimity was about to be maintained until the end, but it was not like that. The CC motion on Moroccan oil exploration in Western Sahara kept its expository part, but the operative was changed by the one of the substitute amendment presented by PSOE, PP and Cs. The secretary of the plenary session made an effort to explain that the Ordinary Regulations oblige to vote the original motion if the amendment is not to the whole. All after a bland debate full of allusions to territorial powers, those of the Canarian waters, the role of Morocco, the role of the Government of Spain and the suffering of the Saharawi people. Without forgetting the greater or lesser degree of nationalism of each one. A matter that seems to exceed the discussion in the Cabildo.
Withdrawal.
“We all agree, but we did not agree.” The phrase by Coromoto Yanes (CC) summarizes the debate on the motion of Sí Podemos Canarias to register all residents on the Island, including migrants. There were attempts to achieve that consensus from Yanes to Nauzet Gugliotta (PSOE). But, as the previous plenary session with climate change had already happened, María José Belda –between evaluations about institutional racism or how far the powers of the Cabildo go– withdrew the motion. So that it would not be distorted with the amendments of the PSOE, the PP and even that of Yes We Can Canarias itself with the idea of reaching an agreement that was not. The exception in the plenary session of the consensus.
