“Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has positioned itself in the ‘no’ and does not contemplate the celebration of the parade, while Santa Cruz de Tenerife has said ‘yes’ and is waiting for the Canary Islands Government to carry out the traditional parade, “said the spokesman for the nationalists, Francis Candil.
In this sense, Candil asks both the mayor, Augusto Hidalgo, and the councilor for the Public Services and Carnival area, Inmaculada Medina, to bet on the children and on carrying out the parade with security measures. Thus, it raises alternatives such as being held in open-air public spaces such as the Gran Canaria Stadium or other sports pavilions. “It is not understood that soccer stadiums are full of thousands of people who today can come to enjoy a sporting event, and yet play with the illusion of children on such an important day for families as is the Three Kings Day ”, he said, adding:“ There is general anger in the street, on social networks, etc., because it is not at all understandable that riots and concentrations of people are allowed in any type of event and that the parade is refused. ”.
However, Francis Candil demands that the City Council stop bowing its head before the Government of the Canary Islands and stand before it to defend the party with all the sanitary guarantees. “It is not reasonable to think that there would be no infections in a sporting event, with the stadiums 100% full, and yes on Three Kings Day. This Consistory must look for feasible alternatives in a substitute space that allows children and their families to enjoy a day of so much tradition, magic and illusion with safety and control to avoid the increase in coronavirus infections, “he stressed.
