The political party Contigo La Palma has described as "very serious" the rejection by the Parliament of the Canary Islands of publishing the list of beneficiaries and the amounts received from aid intended to compensate for economic damages resulting from the Tajogaite volcano eruption in La Palma. The decision was supported by the Government of the Canary Islands and the parties supporting the executive of Fernando Clavijo (CC, PP, ASG, and AHI).

The party regrets that "it is being hidden who received the aid and how it was calculated," emphasizing that it concerns "public funds that belong to everyone" and that their distribution must be "unlimited public access." The president of Contigo La Palma, Javier Gutiérrez Taño, stated that "we are not talking about private money; we are talking about public funds that belong to everyone, and we need to know how they are distributed. This is not meddling in anyone's life."

Contigo La Palma recalls that the right to public information "is not a gracious concession from public authorities, but a democratic requirement." They add that "whoever opposes transparency opposes citizen control of public management," and this "harms democracy."

The party points out that regulations, including the General Subsidy Law (Law 38/2003) and European regulations (2021/241 and 651/2014), mandate the publication of beneficiaries of public support financed wholly or partially with European or national funds. "This is not optional; it is a binding mandate," stressed Gutiérrez Taño. They also argue that privacy protection under the Volcano Law cannot override state or European norms of equal or higher rank.

Gutiérrez Taño considers the "drift of the Canary Executive" to be "worrying," recalling that the Transparency Commissioner of the Canary Islands had already ordered the publication of this aid through Resolution D2025000082. The response from the Government of the Canary Islands was to sue the Commissioner himself before the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands, an event that the president of Contigo La Palma described as "unprecedented" and "a very fine line between legality and institutional abuse."

The legal services of the Chamber also issued a report indicating that the regional Government's refusal to publish the beneficiaries lacks legal basis. Despite this, Coalición Canaria, Partido Popular, ASG, and AHI, with the abstention of VOX, rejected the request for access to the information. "Faced with the law, silence won," stated Javier Gutiérrez Taño.

For Contigo La Palma, what happened is "a complete outrage" that "tramples on a constitutional right" (article 105.b of the Spanish Constitution) regarding the management of public money. They emphasize that "transparency is not a favor, it is an obligation" and that the citizens of La Palma "have the right to know, always."