Astrid Pérez insists on the need to install "a permanent post" of the Canarian Police in Lanzarote, which complements the current security services that exist on the island, the party reports.
It should be remembered that "this is not a new request" from the popular candidate, but rather a request that Pérez has insisted on "in numerous interventions" in this last legislature in the Parliament of the Canary Islands, even presenting a "Non-Law Proposal" in November 2021 and reiterating the request in March 2022, the PP comments.
“It is inexplicable how an island with almost 160,000 inhabitants, which also moves almost 3 million tourists annually, does not yet have a permanent detachment of the Canarian Police”, says Pérez, who emphasizes that this is one more example of the “neglect” of Ángel Víctor Torres' government towards Lanzarote.
“We have been denouncing for years the deficit of Civil Guard and National Police officers that exists in Lanzarote; the overflow of work they suffer in the highest peaks of arrival of boats and the difficulties they have in attending to the rest of the services", they assure.
We have also presented "amendments to the State budgets for the increase of staff and what we have obtained is the refusal or the silence in response from the socialist Government of Pedro Sánchez”, denounces Astrid Pérez, who considers that “the presence of the Canarian Police on the island would be an important reinforcement in this sense, also for the Local Police”.
"The regrettable events have highlighted the deficiencies in security matters"
Pérez recalled that the "regrettable events" that occurred last weekend in the vicinity of the La Santa shelter, with the young immigrants who reside in the town, have "highlighted the deficiencies in security matters". The mayor also points out that “Arrecife is always available to whoever needs it, and more so in these circumstances, but it is obvious that it is not the solution to the problem”.
“We are always willing to collaborate in everything possible, but I cannot ignore that while the troops from the capital move to another municipality, Arrecife is left with fewer agents”, she makes clear.
For Pérez it is essential that the Canarian Police “a policy that we all pay for can also provide service in Lanzarote and not only in the two capital islands”, she concludes.