The Secretary-General of the PSOE in the Canary Islands, and Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, criticised on Saturday the pact between the PP and Vox to stand together for the Senate, including in the Canary Islands, and to put forward as candidates people «who don’t know how to make wrinkled potatoes«.
At a rally in Lanzarote alongside Dolores Corujo, the Socialist Party’s lead candidate for the Congress of Deputies in the province of Las Palmas, and Manuel Fajardo, the party’s candidate for the Senate on the island, the leader of the Canary Islands‘ PSOE criticised the fact that there are political parties «which put people in the Senate who were not born here, who do not know what the Canary Islands are like, and who have never set foot here».
Conversely, he has called for political representatives who come from the archipelago and know «how to make wrinkled potatoes, who know what a ‚fonil‘ is, and who know how to defend what the Canary Islands stand for».
Canary Islands: Torres calls for representatives with local roots
And, in that regard, he has argued that the sort of people who can represent the Canary Islands in Madrid are also those who have come from elsewhere, «leaving their homes behind and making a home for themselves here», and who ultimately become part of island society, sharing in the essence of the Canarian people, their heritage and their traditions.
«They represent us; those from outside who come to take advantage of us do not,» argued the minister, who called on those attending the rally to make an «effort» to ensure that the PSOE not only wins the general election in the Canary Islands again, but does so «with even greater strength», achieving a 75 per cent turnout to secure the 176 seats required for an absolute majority.
Housing market: Corujo calls for decisive action
For her part, Dolores Corujo has reiterated her concern about the housing issue, which she says she has been highlighting «for a very long time» and which she has been working on «for many, many years», lamenting that there are parties that do not want to implement the national law passed during this parliamentary term.
«The next parliamentary term must be the term of housing, of taking action to ensure that people can access a home. We must be brave and put the institutions at the service of those who are currently unable to become independent or live where they have built their lives,» she emphasised.
«To those who refuse to intervene in the market, we have a president who has not only done so, but I’d like to focus on this message: when we’re at home, we always say we need a guardian there, and the best guardian for a home is a dog. Well, we have the best dog, the one who defends our rights, ‚Perro Sánchez‘, who intervenes in the market,» said the candidate to widespread applause from the audience.
A president, she concluded, who «will not lead us backwards, but will lead us towards progress, diversity, pluralism and advancement».
Pedro Sánchez is planning campaign events on two islands
In fact, this very Saturday, the PSOE also provided details of Pedro Sánchez’s visit to the islands next Saturday, 21 November.
Sánchez will hold his first rally in Tenerife at 11.00 am at the Santiago Yánez wrestling arena in Puerto de la Cruz, whilst in the afternoon he will travel to Gran Canaria for a campaign event to be held at the Gran Canaria Arena at 5.30 pm.
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