The Canarian Nationalist Party (PNC) has announced this Thursday the decision to abandon Canarian Coalition (CC) "due to profound programmatic and political orientation differences", according to the formation in a statement. The president of the party, Francisco Martín Espinosa, has accused the nationalist formation of "returning to insularism", of "a profound shift to the right", as well as ideologically approaching "the ideology" of the Popular Party.
The reproaches of the political formation did not stop there after announcing its rupture, and they accused the nationalists of being "almost the white label" of the popular ones. According to their opinion, the affirmation "would be supported by the evidence" that the public officials who have left Ciudadanos have ended up in the Popular Party or in Coalición.
The decision of the Canarian Nationalist Party was announced at a press conference offered by its president, Francisco Martín Espinosa, together with the member of the Federal Executive Jacinto Hernández; the councilor in the City Council of La Laguna Cristina Darias, and the general secretary of the party in Tenerife, Antonio Escuela.
According to this note, the general secretary of Canarian Coalition, Fernando Clavijo, knew about the rupture since March 24, when he received "a forceful letter" sent by the political formation. For the PNC, there has been a "distancing" from the ideals that gave rise to Canarian Coalition. To such an extent that they point out the "almost objective non-existence" of the federation.
After the departure of the Herreña Group of Independents and now of the Canarian Nationalist Party, they added, it is "difficult" to consider CC as a grouping of political parties. The formation pointed out that the federation of parties "only circumscribes itself to ATI and AM".
PNC: "Canarian Coalition has moved away from the conception of the Canary Islands as a sovereign actor"
From the political formation they point to the "relevant differences" between the program and the political strategy. Likewise, they point out that Canarian Coalition has "moved away" from the "conception" of the Canary Islands as a "sovereign actor", and accuses them of not approaching a position "even timidly nationalist". This is the justification why the party considers that the nationalists "have returned to insularism".
The heads of the PNC also questioned the "scarce" talent shown in the negotiations, the "total absence" of leadership and interlocutors with the capacity to make decisions, "limited" to the wills of the different island and territorial organizations.
To conclude, the Canarian Nationalist Party criticizes Coalición's proposal for the electoral lists and affirms "that it is far from" any of the agreements signed by both organizations "on previous occasions". After appealing for the rupture to be carried out "with the utmost respect", the leaders of the PNC advocated for "remedying" the differences, in the future, for the "good of the Canarian nation, the sole purpose" of the activity of this political formation.
