The Parliament of the Canary Islands has launched an institutional video podcast, called Open Parliament, to reach "in a more direct and close way" the population of the eight islands and address the issues that interest the people who live in the Archipelago, according to the president of the Chamber, Astrid Pérez. This audiovisual communication format, adapted to the internet and social networks, allows reaching the public through different platforms.
“Open Parliament is a pioneering initiative among the assemblies, general boards and autonomous courts of the autonomous communities of our country. Periodically we will put on the table issues that concern citizens, that serve to bring parliamentary work closer or that help us discover personalities and points of view far from the most common in the Chamber. We will address various topics and have guests from different fields to offer a space for dialogue, plurality and respectful debate, away from partisanship,” Astrid Pérez stressed.
The emblematic Hall of Lost Steps hosted this Tuesday the recording of the first installment of the Open Parliament video podcast, which was attended by Astrid Pérez and the spokespersons of the seven parliamentary groups: Sebastián Franquis (Canarian Socialist GP), José Miguel Barragán (Canarian Nationalist GP), Luz Reverón (Popular GP), Luis Campos (New Canarias-Canarian Bloc GP), Nicasio Galván (Vox GP), Casimiro Curbelo (Gomera Socialist Grouping GP) and Raúl Acosta (Mixed-AHI GP).
In a more relaxed and direct way, the participants responded to questions that are part of the fundamental objectives of the XI Legislature: why is the Parliament of the Canary Islands still perceived as an institution far from society? What can be done to make this institution closer to the citizens and its work better known?
The president of the Canarian Parliament thanked all the parliamentary groups for their participation in this “new form of institutional communication, more adapted to current times.” The premiere of this first installment is scheduled for Thursday, April 25 through the social networks of the Parliament of the Canary Islands and its YouTube channel.