SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, May 25. (EUROPA PRESS) –
According to David Toledo, the national secretary general of the Canary Coalition, the remarks made by Ángel Víctor Torres, Minister of Territorial Policy and general secretary of the PSOE in the Canary Islands, about the absence of consensus in the islands, simply indicate “his detachment from the archipelago ever since he moved to Madrid”.
David Toledo expressed his bewilderment at Torres’ comments “on a day when, for the first time in the Canary Islands’ history, the Government, seven councils, and eighty-eight municipalities of the islands initiated the work outlined in the Conference of Presidents, with the convening of five working groups yesterday in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.”
He further reminded Torres that the Conference of Presidents held last April was summoned for the first time “through a consensus-driven initiative” by President Fernando Clavijo, through the activation of article 74 of the Autonomy Statute, which Torres himself “never considered, not even during the most challenging times in recent history, such as dealing with a pandemic and the eruption of the La Palma volcano, when he was serving as the president of the Autonomous Community.”
David Toledo suggested to Torres that perhaps he should “pay closer attention to the developments in the Canary Islands and the strategic plans being developed for the next 30 years, as well as acknowledge his current leadership role in steering the Government under Fernando Clavijo’s administration, in collaboration with all island authorities regardless of their political affiliations, or alternatively, reconsider his definition of consensus.”
