Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE) , CC and Agrupación Herreña Independiente (AHI), although they still only have 35 deputies and are one short of an absolute majority.
After the meeting held this Monday afternoon by the regional executive commission of the PSOE in the Canary Islands, its general secretary in the islands and candidate to revalidate the Presidency of the Government, Ángel Víctor Torres, has indicated at a press conference that until tonight that Once the final count of the votes cast in the elections on May 28 is complete, it will not be known if the coalition will have deputy number 36.
If this is not achieved, Torres has indicated that the Gomera Socialist Association (ASG) should join the pact, which in the legislature that has concluded formed part of the Government with the PSOE, NC and Unidas Podemos, but that decision must be move the aforementioned party and it will be known tomorrow Tuesday based on the final result of the vote, which will be known late this Monday.
If they do not achieve deputy number 36 to form a government, there will be no investiture in the first election, has indicated the leader of the PSOE and acting president of the Canary Islands, for whom the government pact between PP and CC with the support of AHI does not respond to the will expressed by the canaries at the polls, as the result is “eloquent”.
He has highlighted that he has received 285,000 votes compared to the 166,000 of the candidate for the Presidency of the CC Government, Fernando Clavijo, who is running as the future president of the Canary Islands, for which he has advanced that they will promote a new reform of the Canarian electoral system so that “The result of the voters is close to what the Canarian Parliament approves.”
Torres has also transferred in his speech that his will will be to remain these four years in the Parliament of the Canary Islands, when asked if he will go on the lists of his party for the general elections on July 23. EFE