SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE 10 December (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Deputy President of the Canary Islands Government and leader of the PP in the isles, Manuel Domínguez, stated this Tuesday that during the immigration meeting held last Thursday, he asserted that the Government is solely “focused on Catalonia” and not on addressing the migration crisis affecting the archipelago. Meanwhile, the leader of the Socialist Group admonished him for being “brave in rhetoric” by claiming to defend the interests of the Canary Islands while ultimately yielding to what benefits his own party.
“I am part of the Popular Party, let there be no doubt about that,” he remarked during the control session of the Parliamentary Plenary, where he questioned why “attention” is directed towards the PP when it does not hold power in Spain.
He expressed his disappointment with Fierro, stating that in his party “they neither heed him, nor engage with him, nor do they have any regard whatsoever” since he has not called for the deployment of Frontex or sought EU assistance, as he had requested in the previous plenary session.
“You are incapable of achieving anything at all and yet you come here to blame me for what, but if you are in power, if you applaud every time someone from the Government appears here and accomplishes nothing for the Canary Islands, you are utterly incompetent,” he emphasised.
Fierro sarcastically noted the “deafening silence” of the Canarian PP regarding last Thursday’s meeting, highlighting that Domínguez attended as the party leader and not as the deputy president of the Canaries, to illustrate how the PP “mocked us all to our faces.”
“You are remarkably swift to criticise Mr. Torres, Mr. Sánchez, and the Spanish Government, while being exceedingly sluggish to support the Canary Islands, and your party is immensely efficient at neglecting this land once more—no, one stance cannot be acceptable here while the opposite is permissible elsewhere,” he added.
Furthermore, he urged the President of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, to demand “a bit more from his partners” who have been held accountable for the “blockade” of the immigration law reform.
