The general secretary of the Canarian Coalition, Fernando Clavijo, has proposed this Monday the formation of a "Canarian front" that protects the islands against the interests of Morocco with its eventual oil explorations in Tarfaya.
Clavijo proposes that this front bring together the institutions, social and economic agents and the Canarian society, since he considers that neither the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, nor the President of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, "are going to lift a finger in the face of the reactivation of the explorations by Morocco."
According to Clavijo, Spain allows the explorations "through the back door", since they have been known "through a media outlet", not because the Spanish or Canarian executive has informed about it, "as would be logical".
"These authorizations from the Moroccan Government to search for tellurium, oil or gas deposits in Tarfaya, just off the coasts of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura and at this time do not indicate the beginning of a negotiation between both countries as the president, Pedro Sánchez, has sold, but rather a closed agreement," Clavijo states in a statement.
For Clavijo, the role of Torres and his government is "shameful" in the face of "the reckless new framework of relations" between Spain and Morocco.
"They cannot bow their heads when Morocco has already approved planting platforms to carry out explorations off Lanzarote and Fuerteventura," Clavijo states.
He adds that "they cannot give in while Spain trades with the delimitation of the waters, putting at risk the natural heritage and the economy of the archipelago and while Morocco continues to gain ground in its eagerness to appropriate the waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone."
The leader of CC asks Torres to clarify if the Autonomous Community knew or has participated in the negotiations between Spain and Morocco or if "once again" the State has unilaterally closed "an agreement that includes the approval of the explorations in waters near the archipelago."
"The control of the migratory flow cannot in any case be the price to give in to Morocco in matters such as the delimitation of the waters or the right to self-determination of the Sahara, because we are not talking about a conjunctural but structural issue that in no case is going to end and that the Alaouite country will continue to use at will as it has historically done," Clavijo states.
