The popular ones commit to putting an end to budgetary “non-compliances”, compensating for cost overruns or rebuilding La Palma
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, September 6 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the Popular Party (PP) Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and the president of the Canary Islands and general secretary of the Canary Coalition (CC), Fernando Clavijo, have finalized this Wednesday the PP’s support for the ‘Canarian agenda’ and the vote of the deputy Cristina Valido to the investiture of the popular leader.
In a meeting held at the Presidency of the Government headquarters in Tenerife within the round of contacts for the investiture, Feijóo highlighted that the agreement is “transparent” and “with light and stenographers” as opposed to the “blackmail” that is brewing between the PSOE and Junts, and forces him as the future president of the Government to fulfill a series of “commitments” to the archipelago.
Feijóo has highlighted that this agreement seeks “equality” among all Spaniards based on the recognition of the Canary Islands’ own difficulties derived from its fragmentation and outermost condition, and without addressing “exceptionalities or privileges.”
Among the most notable points of the document are the fulfillment of the planned investments, the maintenance of transport bonuses, addressing the “defects” of La Palma after the eruption with the maintenance of the 60% discount on personal income tax, covering extra costs of the health system, finance pending hydraulic works, improve care in the reception of migrants and specify border policy or enhance mental health treatment.
The leader of the PP has recognized that the Canary Islands have “state problems” and therefore solutions must be sought for issues that are “obvious” and that are burdened by the “non-compliance” of the last Legislature.
He has assessed that Clavijo “does not impose or blackmail”, like the leader of Junts, Carles Puigdemont, he only detects some problems and tries to find a solution for them, which is why he has made it clear that “in politics, not everything goes.”
In his opinion, if the Canarian president declared the independence of the Canary Islands, “the rule of law would fall on him”, the same as if he had made that “nonsense” when he was president of the Xunta de Galicia.
“The Supreme Court would judge me and condemn me and I could not blackmail someone who wants to be president of all Spaniards,” he stressed, also highlighting that “it is very good” for the islands and for Spain as a whole that Clavijo and his Government respect the Constitution and support State agreements.
CLAVIJO VALUES THE “CLARITY AND ROTUNDITY” OF THE POPULAR LEADER
Clavijo has recognized that the problems of the Canary Islands are resolved with the “collaboration” and “involvement” of the central government and has thanked Feijóo for the “clarity, clarity and knowledge” of the autonomous community.
He has demanded “tranquility and calm” to resolve the country’s major issues, including regional financing, given that he is “very concerned” that “a melon will open” to “please certain territories of the State.”
He has also been in favor of fine-tuning the costs of the service provided, especially healthcare, with a planned deviation this year of around 500 million euros, and that, if a reform of the Constitution is undertaken, it will not be done ” to measure” because the Magna Carta “is not chewing gum. “We are not satisfied with there being first and second class communities,” he indicated.
Clavijo has indicated that the objective is to “chart a four-year path” that affects citizens’ problems, including employment plans, the reconstruction of the island of La Palma or the delay in roads.
