The agreement between the Popular Party (PP) and the Canarian Coalition (CC) continues to advance. In their second negotiating meeting, several agreements have been reached on the control of irregular immigration but, at the proposal of the PP, they have postponed the debate on population control proposed by the nationalists so that "they can explain it to us better."
This was expressed by the spokesperson for the 'popular' commission, Larry Álvarez, who, together with his counterpart in CC, José Miguel Barragán, agreed on the vision that the agreement "is progressing", as well as denying any agreement or even debate regarding the distribution of areas.
While important agreements have been reached in the control of the population, such as demanding that the State extend the number of days that irregular immigrants remain in internment centers from 40 to 70 in order to "maximize the number of repatriations", or controlling municipal registers to prevent "illegal immigrants from registering in any Canarian municipality", dialogue on population control has been preferred to be postponed.
Álvarez explained that in this sense "we have traditionally held different positions", so "they have to explain to us very well what that population control they intend is, how they are going to materialize it and if it is protected by current constitutional regulations." However, he clarified that "it is not an obstacle that prevents us from reaching an agreement" and predicts that next week the supposed rough edges in this regard will be smoothed out.
Immigration
Among the agreements signed regarding immigration control, the will to control the municipal register is of particular importance, since, as Álvarez pointed out, "illegalities are constituted around it that must be fought in every way." Thus, he maintains that "an undocumented person cannot obtain registration in any municipality in the Canary Islands and we have to articulate ways to make that not possible."
For his part, Barragán, less blunt, explained that the will of this agreement, not yet concluded, lies in the need for a diagnosis of how the irregular population is affecting the provision of services, such as in the planning of new health or educational infrastructures, since the movement of undocumented immigrants, he says, "is very large and does not allow us to plan the real needs of the municipalities."
Barragán explained that the fact of registering, even illegally, "gives an automatic guarantee of providing certain services" and that the Government's will is to increase the quality of the provision of these services. Thus, it is to be expected that this control will decongest social services by denying access to them to undocumented immigrants.
Other agreements in this matter deal with the common will to demand that the State "avoid mass repatriations", that the reception of unaccompanied immigrant minors does not fall only on the Canary Islands but that it is "solidarily" shared by the rest of the Autonomous Communities, or that the SIVE is implemented in all the Islands.
Other matters
Other issues that have been reached have had to do with what they call the 'constitutional bloc', that is, the joint will to facilitate citizen access to the Administration by 'debureaucratizing' it. They have also agreed to establish a Code of Good Governance, a new Law of Councils that treats them as "true island governments" as requested by the PP, or to facilitate access to the civil service of the Administration of Justice.
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