Coalición Canaria and Nueva Canarias have demanded that President Pedro Sánchez create a specific reconstruction plan for the archipelago, since, according to deputy Ana Oramas, a scenario of "ruin" is approaching in which "two million Canarians will drown in the Atlantic".
In the debate on the third extension of the state of alarm decreed by the coronavirus pandemic, the deputy of CC has presented a dramatic scenario for the Canary Islands due to their dependence on tourism.
"Spain is going to experience a great economic crisis, but it will move forward with the help of Europe and the strength of the people, but the Canary Islands are mortally wounded", she said, predicting a "prolonged scenario of severe poverty, social cataclysm, with an unemployment rate of 50% and distribution of basic food to the population".
In her opinion, "the Canary Islands are going to be a matter of State, an economic cemetery and a social ruin". "More than two million victims are going to drown in the middle of the Atlantic", she concluded, demanding that the Government not leave the archipelago "alone" and not abandon its population.
"Do not abandon the Canary Islands"
For this reason, she has demanded that Sánchez take into account the specificities of the Canary Islands, both in European forums and in the actions of the Executive, and that he prepare a plan for them that is different from that of the Peninsula, reminding him that "to commit a blunder, and not a crime, it is enough not to do anything to avoid it".
Also Pedro Quevedo, from Nueva Canarias, has warned that the Canary Islands present "the risk of an enormous social fracture", since their dependence on tourism reaches 40%. "We are going to have a social and economic drama", he warns, asking for "a specific and urgent shock plan".