The political group has expressed its concern over what it considers a 'partisan use' of the Government of the Canary Islands by another political force, with the aim of 'endorsing defection' in the Santa Lucía City Council. This complaint arises from a report that, according to the group, contradicts the legal opinion of the municipal secretary.
In a statement, the organization criticized the document for being prepared 'in just two days,' calling this fact 'anomalous' and warning of a 'serious precedent of political interference in municipal autonomy.' They argue that the report 'empties of content the legal guarantees' that should govern public administrations and questions the separation between technical criteria and political decisions.
“"This is not a legal debate, but a political operation aimed at justifying the change of affiliation of five councilors and the mayor himself, who left their party to join a different one that did not run in the municipal elections."
The group frames these events within a process of 'democratic degradation' and warns that there is an attempt to normalize public representatives 'betraying the mandate of the polls' without accountability, relying on 'tailor-made' reports. Furthermore, they recall that such practices, in their view, violate the Anti-Defection Pact and point out that recent judicial rulings reinforce this interpretation, considering as a defector anyone who leaves the party that proposed their candidacy within a coalition without its consent.
Finally, the political group reiterates its rejection of this situation and warns that the use of public institutions for partisan purposes 'erodes citizen trust, weakens the rule of law, and undermines the basic principles of representative democracy'.
