Santa Cruz de Tenerife (EFE).- The leader of the Canary Islands Coalition (CC), Fernando Clavijo, has been sworn in as president of the Canary Islands in the first vote with the support of 38 deputies, the absolute majority of the plenary session of the autonomous Parliament, thanks to the agreement reached by the nationalists with the PP and minority parties.
The 19 deputies of the CC, the 15 of the PP, the 3 of the Agrupación Socialista Gomera (ASG) and the only deputy of the Agrupación Herreña Independiente (AHI) have voted in favor. 32 deputies have voted against: the 23 deputies from the PSOE, the five from Nueva Canarias and the four from Vox.
Clavijo recovers the Government of the Canary Islands, which he already presided over between 2015 and 2019, then thanks to the support of the PSOE.
He succeeds the socialist Ángel Víctor Torres as the presidency of the Canary Islands, whose party was the winner of the May 28 elections, but without the necessary majority to reissue the progressive pact.
Clavijo affirms that the Canary Islands have historical challenges
In his last speech before the plenary session before being sworn in, Clavijo pointed out that the Canary Islands have historical challenges that must be faced from unity and has required that on issues that transcend a legislature, such as the sustainability of public services, island imbalances or poverty, “let us be able to agree”.
Regarding its executive, which is expected to hold its first Governing Council on Monday, he has said that it is a government of “comrades” of men and women who are going to work to achieve an entrepreneurial future for the Canary Islands “and we are going to discuss among ourselves, with the opposition and with civil society.
The Canary Islands are not condemned to live with their problems as if they were chronic diseases, said Clavijo, who has indicated that reality can be changed as the ancestors did in worse conditions than the current ones.
“Governments are ephemeral” the already president of the Canary Islands has affirmed to require agreements and establish a “solid front” on issues that affect the Canary Islands because, he added, “let’s not play with things to eat.”
Clavijo has indicated that he does not see “any adversary” in the Chamber and has extended his hand for a path “that begins here.”
He has thanked the parties that support the new government (Canary Islands Coalition, Popular Party, Gomera Socialist Group and Independent Herreña Group) for having placed “the interest of the Canary Islands” above the acronym and has assured that it will put the citizen at the center of management.