The regional coordinator of Ciudadanos Canarias, Enrique Arriaga placeholder image, has stated that from the party they are “leaving the skin” to obtain solutions for the victims by La Palma volcano eruption.
This was stated during the I Liberal Meeting of Municipalities of Spain, held in Madrid, where The orange formation has shown its support to the victims of the eruptive process that since last September 19 you live in The Palm and that has affected more than 2,000 homes and farms.
As stated by Enrique Arriaga, “There is a lot to do and it must be done quickly because the palm trees do not need promises, but they need aid, housing, subsidies, and, above all, that they arrive now.”
He also highlighted the work that the party has done in all the institutions to put in place the necessary resources that those affected need. In this sense, he has affirmed that from Ciudadanos they have shown “to be up to par.”
“We are working for and for the palm trees, they occupy us and concern us. And we do it from the municipalities, where motions have been presented and promoted to allocate resources to the victims and, even, they have organized aid collections,” acknowledged Arriaga.
At this meeting, Juan Arturo San Gil has also acted as a speaker to explain the serious social and economic crisis that the volcano has generated.
The mayor thanked the work of the bodies and security forces, the emergency services and Civil Protection. “The face of solidarity is a human face, and it is made up of thousands of people who have been renouncing normality for three months to face an unprecedented emergency,” he stressed.
“When it is a natural drama that plagues us and there is no one to blame, the politics of the bowels and the confrontation is useless. All you have to do is pitch in,” he declared.
Finally, he has shown his pride because “in the midst of this tragedy we have managed to make La Palma news for solidarity, for aid, for the union between administrations, and not for insults, disqualifications or for continuing to fuel the conflict” .