During the plenary session, both the president of the Canarian Nationalist group, David Toledo, and the president of the Government of Canarias, Fernando Clavijo, used terms like "Gothic", "arrogant", and "haughty" to describe the PSOE's attitude in recent weeks. The core of the controversy lies in the scope of Canarias' self-governance and the negotiation for airport co-management with the State.
Coalición Canaria criticized the PSOE's "Gothic behavior," accusing them of acting as "Madrid's intermediary" by rejecting the autonomous community's request to co-manage airports. However, CC has made it clear that it will not accept a "muzzled Canarias" and that the community "will not kneel."
“"It is incomprehensible that the money of Canarians is speculated with so that some can take it away warm."
Although negotiations with the State have already begun, with a first technical meeting last week, the Government of Canarias believes that the islands are not being treated in the same way as Euskadi or Catalonia. Clavijo suggested that this differential treatment is due to the political gain that other communities can offer, to the detriment of Canarian needs.
The Canarian president also denounced an "absolute submission to the Government of Spain and the private interests of AENA shareholders," whom he accused of "milking their profits in Canarias to take them to Brazil and Argentina." Clavijo warned that while the islands can be supportive of unprofitable airports, it is not acceptable to speculate with Canarian funds.
For Coalición Canaria, it is incomprehensible that the Canarian PSOE has not aligned itself with the self-governance established by the Statute of Autonomy, which the socialist party itself voted for. David Toledo accused the PSOE of abandoning Canarians to bow to AENA's interests, thus hindering co-management. Both CC and the Government of Canarias have stated that they will not tolerate being "taken for idiots" by Canarians.
Addressing the socialist spokesperson, Sebastián Franquis, Toledo questioned him, with a copy of the Statute of Autonomy of Canarias in hand, whether they wanted "a Canarias in a corner like a Chinese vase." The regional Executive has assured that it will not allow it. In response to Toledo's speech, Fernando Clavijo acknowledged his intervention, ironically noting that "he was so good that even the PSOE applauded him," before describing the socialist attitude as "arrogant and haughty" due to their centralist stance and their "acquiescence with the leader of the moment."
“"They kneel and deny citizens the rights reflected in the Statute, which is even more serious because the PSOE voted in favor of it."
The Canarian president concluded that the result of this attitude is that "they kneel and deny citizens the rights reflected in the Statute," which he considered even more serious given that the PSOE had voted in favor of said Statute.
