The candidate of Canarian Coalition (CC) to the presidency of the autonomous government, Fernando Clavijohas promised this Saturday “loyalty to the Canarian people above loyalty to some acronyms.” A promise that is both a declaration of intent and a barely veiled criticism of the PSOE of Angel Victor Torreswhich the nationalists have blamed on different occasions for having put obedience to Ferraz and the central Executive before the interests of the Archipelago.
At a massive event in Puerto de la Cruz, CC also presents its candidates to the regional Parliament, Ana Oramas (head of list for Tenerife), and to the presidency of the insular Cabildo, Rosa Dávila.
Before the beginning of the act, which has the presence of historical figures such as Manuel Hermoso, Clavijo wanted to highlight the work that the nationalists have done from the opposition in the last four years. A job “with great loyalty” and far from stridency, deepened the CC candidate, with whom the Coalition has tried to help the Islands to overcome the difficult years of the covid and the price crisis. “Because what happens in Canary Islands It hurts us,” Clavijo stressed.
The former president of the Executive, who is trying to take the reins of the Autonomous Community for the second time, regretted that after everything that has happened in recent years and after the “enormous effort” of the islanders, “today we have a poorer Canary Islands.”
In this line, and somehow in response to the insistence of the representatives of the Executive on the harshness of the legislature, Clavijo recalled that “the rulers do not choose the context in which we govern, what we do choose is what we do when we govern” .
The nationalist candidate regretted that the figure of the working poor has become widespread in the Archipelago and reviewed the high rates of poverty and risk of poverty suffered by the Autonomous Community. Faced with the difficult situation of many families, Clavijo recalled that the regional government manages “more resources and personnel than ever, making it easy to see where the problem lies.” “More resources than ever for Health, for example, and we have the largest waiting lists,” he deepened.
“The Canary Islands are poorer today and are more abandoned and far from Europe than ever,” concluded the candidate.
