Canarian Coalition presented itself to the July 23 elections with two red lines: Vox and Sumar. That is, with the objective that neither of these two parties, which he considers “extreme”, were in the government. In this way, the only CC deputy in Congress, Cristina Valido, gave her vote to Alberto Núñez Feijóo in the previous investiture debate, since Santiago Abascal's party had apparently resigned from being part of the executive.
However, this Friday the Canarian nationalists committed their vote to Pedro Sánchez despite the fact that Yolanda Díaz's platform will be in the government. And also despite the fact that the next cabinet will be born thanks to the promotion of an amnesty law for those affected by the causes of the process that the Canary Islands flatly reject. In fact, the agreement that they signed yesterday with the PSOE explicitly states that CC will not support the amnesty, so that, in the words of Valido, "there is no room for doubt that it will not support this issue."
The Canarian Coalition is not necessary for Sánchez's investiture but it is the icing on the cake for the PSOE, by further isolating PP and Vox, a circumstance that the Canarian deputy recalled. Sánchez will govern "with us or without us" but what the Canary Islands need is to talk to the autonomous community, explained Valido, who acknowledged that his party has signed a text "with a head" because of what it represents as progress on the Canarian agenda. but “without heart.”
Valido explained that the agreement represents an improvement in educational infrastructure and hydraulic works, but also includes that buses and trams will be free starting December 31, 2023, and without a deadline. It also includes, according to the deputy, modifications in the law on the reception of unaccompanied migrant minors so that it is not the exclusive responsibility of the Canary Islands and more money to combat poverty, the consolidation of 75% to air transport and establishing in the next two years a new regional financing model that guarantees the financial sufficiency of basic public services (education, health and social services-dependency).
Finally, pragmatism has once again prevailed in a party that, after coming second in the regional elections in May, governs in the Canary Islands thanks to a pact with the PP, third, which unseated the PSOE, first.
