Canarian Coalition in Tenerife mobilized this Saturday, March 11, at the Santa Cruz Fairgrounds, 2,500 people in the act of presenting the municipal candidacies with which they intend to “recover Tenerife after 4 lost years”. With an appeal to the bases to reconquer the political space lost in 2019, the nationalists presented themselves as “the match of Canary Islands» and, in the words of the candidate for the Presidency of the canarian government, Fernando Clavijo«the only one loyal to our people and not to some acronyms or some bosses from Madrid».
The nationalist party, which was also a demonstration of mobilizing force barely two and a half months before the elections, started with the chords of the Live lifeby Coldplay; the roar of the cardboard clappers, and the incessant waving of the Canary Islands flags and the Occidental Sahara. One by one, 28 of the 31 candidates for the mayoralty of Tenerife went up to a stage where the first woman who aspires to be president of the Cabildo de Tenerife was also present, Rosa Davila; the candidate for Parliament of the Canary Islands by Tenerife Ana Oramas and the regional candidate, Fernando Clavijo.
Seraph Mesa, general secretary of the Young Nationalists of Tenerife, used images and news to warn of the problems suffered by the two Canarian public universities and Vocational Training in a region “with the worst youth unemployment data in the EU.” He accused the PSOE already Peter Martin to deceive the people of Tenerife and once again showed the famous photo of the PSOE candidates on the bridge of The slaughter«which was where the tails of the TF-5 arrived in 2019. Now Peter Martin will have to go to take the photo at the El Ramal bridge, in the orotavawhich is where they arrive now ».
CC celebrated 30 years of history this Saturday and did so with a mosaic in the colors of the Canarian flag, before Sweet Gutierrez, candidate from La Victoria, will remember the problems of mobility and roads in the North, the deficiencies in sanitary matters or the forgetfulness of projects such as the port dock. On behalf of the candidates from the South, the adejera intervened patricia Lion, who lamented “the neglect and abandonment” that also occurs with the traffic jams on the TF-1, the lack of housing or the deficiencies in educational infrastructure and care for the elderly and dependent people. In his opinion, “Our South is a generator of wealth that should also revert to our citizens”.
Jonathan Dominguez, candidate for mayor of La Laguna, celebrated the closure of the judicial process opened against Clavijo, “who after more than 8 years of political persecution is finally free.” And he opted for doing “close politics to solve people’s problems, because we are here to serve and not to serve ourselves».
Linares predicted that on 28M “we will turn off socialism and turn on CC nationalism”
The mayor of Santa Cruz and candidate for re-election, Jose Manuel Bermudezhe sent “a little message” to the rivals: “Our project is more alive than ever”. She asked the young people for help to spread the message that “we are a party from here, for the people here, who only have Canarian obedience.” A “government” party, which “does not sell smoke”, “focused on management”, “concerned with solving the problems of the neighbors”, “responsible” and “non-sectarian”. In local code, he said that CC “is the only guarantee that the PSOE and Podemos will never rule again”.
“I defend my land”
Ana Oramas He raised the public by stressing that he has returned to regional politics “because Tenerife and the Canary Islands need us.” And he had words for the state parties and for Pedro Sanchez: «I defend my land, not like those people from the PSOE and the PP. We have an unscrupulous, arrogant president, who reached an agreement with Morocco, betraying the Saharawi people. About CC, Oramas said that it is “the party of the Canary Islands, of the noble and hard-working people, which will never betray “. And he added that «CC was born from the municipalities, from the neighborhoods, from the towns. We work for our people and we support the things that are good for the people. We are a feeling and we have to remain so».
The candidate for the Cabildo, Rosa Davilarecalled the nationalists who have occupied the insular presidency and, after melting into a hug with Ricardo Melchiorpromised to recover those councils that “fought for their people” and promised that if he manages to gain office, the first thing he will do is “recover the Ansina programwhich the PSOE destroyed at the worst of the pandemic, leaving our elders alone, for whom they have not built any of the 4,000 spaces that CC left planned.
«Tenerife is stagnant, paralyzed and collapsed by a government that was formed to oust CC, who had won the elections. And what have they done? Nothing. Despite the fact that it is the Cabildo that has managed the most money. They have 684 million euros in the banks,” lamented Dávila, who also accused Peter Martin of “going to work from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.” and “not knowing people’s problems.”
Imbalance in favor of Gran Canaria
The nationalist candidate warned of the loss of prominence of Tenerife in the Canary Islands and the imbalance of the current regional government, which “has abandoned Tenerife” and “has a president of Gran Canariaa Treasury counselor of Gran Canaria, a Minister of Public Works of Gran Canaria, a Minister of Health of Gran Canaria and a Minister of Social Affairs who is also from Gran Canaria».
The insular general secretary of CC and mayor of La Orotava, Francisco Linaresreturned to make the speech more vehement and raised the public by stating that “Here there are no toasts, or sandwiches or paella, here there is feeling, here there are people who come to defend Tenerife and the Canary Islands”. He remarked that the candidacies presented are led by 19 men and 14 women, although the important ones are the others, the supporters of this party, which is a neighborhood movement ».
For Linares, “Tenerife society is facing a very important challenge: to regain prominence and decency, to reconnect with society.” In his opinion, 28M “doesn’t risk CC or any of its candidates, you, your children, your grandchildren and your elders play it. Tenerife cannot continue like this. Four years ago a cable was ripped off and the island is off, sad, dead and disconnected. We can’t take any more. The 28M it is time to turn off socialism and turn on CC nationalism ».
Of Rosa Davila He said that “she will be the president of the three Es: efficiency, effectiveness and equity”, and had harsh words for those who distribute public funds by political color: «Public money is distributed among everyone, not among friends. gulfs! what are they doing now?. Linares also remembered “the 8 years of ordeal of Fernando Clavijo» and he addressed «the political hooligans, the scoundrels, to whom I tell them that Fernando Clavijo is a decent and honest man».
“Today the change begins here”
Clavijo closed the event with a very black balance of the current reality in the Canary Islands: «At the worst moment we have had the worst government in the history of this land. And hard times are coming, let’s not deceive people. All this waste, all this destruction and everything that is happening in Europe and in the world is going to affect us. And we need the best, the men and women who are loyal to our people, not to some acronyms or some bosses in Madrid. For the former Canarian president, “With a billion more in public spending, we have the worst healthcare in the history of the islands, the worst care for the elderly and the dependent, and a youth condemned to leave abroad. Today the change begins here, because we cannot afford 4 more years of neglect, abandonment and delay so as not to disturb Pedro Sanchez».
The only two unconfirmed candidacies yesterday are those of Garachico and Arafo, although, except for a capital surprise, they will be occupied by the current mayors: José Heriberto González and Juan Ramón Martín, that he would have reconsidered his departure from office. The mayor of Santa Ursula, Juan Acostawill repeat the candidacy with AISU, although yesterday he could not attend the presentation.
