The President of the Canary Islands Government, Ángel Víctor Torres, has stated this Monday that they will request a clarification of the ruling from the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands in relation to the measures proposed after the state of alarm to stop the pandemic and that have been rejected. Torres has admitted that they are facing an "unknown" situation, on which "there are no precedents", and although they can go to the Supreme Court, "there are doubts".
In this sense, considering that the TSJC ruling does not explicitly state whether or not the measures of the Canary Islands Government are maintained while the Supreme Court rules - which has five days from when the appeal is filed - he has indicated that the regional Executive will request a new pronouncement from the TSJC, "to have all things clear", hoping to obtain this Monday a "definitive clarification".
In any case, he did clarify that the Canarian Government has understood that the measures adopted remained in force and last night there was a curfew. "It is a non-final ruling but we want to know if it is enforceable from now on, if we have to wait for the Supreme Court to finish ratifying or correcting what the TSJC decided, but to clear up absolutely all doubts we will do it officially, in writing," added the president.
Torres, who has admitted that they expected another decision from the TSJC, "in accordance or similar" to the one in the Balearic Islands, since "many similar circumstances" concur, showed his respect for the decision of the judges. However, he stressed that the measures approved by the Governing Council of the regional Executive responded to a Public Health report that concluded that "it was essential to maintain the measures that have worked" in the Canary Islands for as long as necessary, pointing out that the will "is that it be the shortest time necessary".
Images from the weekend
On the other hand, Torres has referred to the different images that have been seen this weekend of people in the streets celebrating the end of the state of alarm in Spain and has shown concern about it, since he has indicated that it is as if it had been understood that the pandemic has ended. "It is a mistake that will be paid for," he added.
For this reason, he has asked the Canarians to "have maximum responsibility", considering that "mostly", the Canarian society agrees with the measures adopted by the regional Executive.
Likewise, Torres has indicated that "it was obvious" that at the end of the state of alarm "there should be a transition period" and before the requests of the autonomous communities the Government had to have looked for "mechanisms", although he justified that to carry out the states of alarm there have been "many difficulties".
