The Constitutional Court has decided not to accept Drago’s appeals seeking to prohibit candidates from Unidad del Pueblo Canario from standing for election under the UPC acronym, on the grounds that they were misappropriating it from the historic nationalist party of the 1980s.
According to a statement from the party led by Alberto Rodríguez, the Constitutional Court has decided not to proceed with its appeals, having found that its complaint against Unidad del Pueblo Canario did not contain elements of «particular constitutional significance».
Despite this ruling, Drago stands by his accusation that Podemos, Sumar and Izquierda Unida de Nueva Canarias have «unlawfully appropriated» the acronym UPC for their electoral alliance.
UPC dispute: Drago stands by its allegation of misappropriation
Drago maintains that UPC is «a national brand from the Canary Islands that has historically been significant for its left-wing struggles and movements» and that it has been «usurped» despite «the opposition of the people who have been at the forefront of those very movements».
Alberto Rodríguez’s party, which in 2023 formed part of a coalition of political forces united under Sumar, believes that the Constitutional Court did not wish to examine the merits of its appeals «because no other party with the same acronym or electoral name was standing in these specific elections».
In its view, this is «something which shows that they have not taken into account the fact that there will be people who vote for that acronym, thinking it is the original, historic left-wing movement of the Canary Islands».
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