Castro says that CC accepts the PSC's regional list for the Statute Reform to go ahead

The Infrastructure Minister of the Government of the Canary Islands, Antonio Castro Cordobés, stated this Tuesday that Coalición Canaria "has renounced the island constituency and the triple parity" and has accepted, at the request of the PSC, that the creation of the autonomous list be included in the Statute, for which he urges the socialists "not to get lost in a matter of form" for making the agreement public to the media, since the points approved on Monday by the Permanent of the nationalists "are in line with what had been requested and if we have made a mistake in the form we will apologize".

Castro, who insisted that "the fundamental issue is in the agreements and if they do not want a Statute now, let them say so clearly", acknowledged that the two parties have not yet met, which explains that the Socialist Party, through its general secretary, Juan Carlos Alemán, denied on Monday night, and just after the announcement of the agreement made by Paulino Rivero, that there was an agreement on the electoral system to date. Subsequently, Alemán has acknowledged that there has been "an approach in certain aspects".

However, according to Alemán, the location of the autonomous list in the statutory text, what will be the necessary majority to develop the electoral law, and that the island constituency does not have a greater institutional rank than it has had until now, remain to be specified. All these issues, said Alemán, still separate both formations from an agreement.

The socialist leader states that although joint positions have not been reached, "we are not as far apart as a month ago, but if the negotiators do not achieve a text where the fundamental issues are resolved, we cannot ensure approval and it may be pending for next month or for the next legislature".

For his part, Castro stated that CC has accepted the formula proposed by the PSC, which states that the Canarian electoral law will be developed and approved by the Canarian Parliament, but with the exception that the nationalists want two-thirds of the Chamber to be sufficient for its approval and the socialists demand an absolute majority.

Castro said that CC has accepted the autonomous list in the Statute as a message to the other political forces and society, despite considering that this is not the best solution, but being aware that "there are other political forces that think differently".

"It is a very important step in the direction in which CC has been required, yielding on that point so that the Statute of Autonomy is approved, since it is far above the opinions of political forces and people, and in particular of the opposition that wants to get involved", concluded Antonio Castro.