Efe
The president of the Canarian Coalition in Tenerife, Javier González Ortiz, suggested yesterday to the president of the socialist group in the Cabildo of Tenerife, Antonio Martinón, "to stop fueling the flame of the lawsuit and not fall into the error of following the game that the president of the Canarian PP, José Manuel Soria, intends to impose".
The nationalists prefer to think that the statements made yesterday by Martinón "are the product of his tireless efforts to achieve a certain prominence within his organization, because, otherwise, his untimely departure and the virulence of his inconsistent speech are not understood," Ortiz said yesterday.
According to Ortiz, the socialist leader "is swimming against the tide because he does not know what the attitude of responsible politicians should be".
When "absolutely everyone should channel the situation in such a way that the insularity is turned over, Martinón's words arise, a true exercise in political clumsiness, irresponsibility and lack of temper," says the leader of the Canarian Coalition.
Antonio Martinón's pronouncement occurs, according to Javier Ortiz, "just at a time when what is really needed is to lower the intensity of a speech that most Canarians abhor".
In the opinion of the nationalists, "the concatenation of nonsense sustained by Martinón came to produce hilarity among those who attended his appearance before the media. It is foreseeable that Martinón's impulsive character has led him to chain unfounded accusations, even acknowledging, without blushing, that he was speaking from hearsay".
Ortiz was surprised that "the supposed affront" to Tenerife was answered "with diametrically opposed terms by his party colleague, the Gran Canarian socialist Díaz Tejera, who maintains that the most pampered island is, precisely, Tenerife."
Javier Ortiz said that "it is evident that when we are faced with statements of this tenor, talking about imbalances is a fallacy in which some take refuge because they understand that it gives them political gain," and suggested that both socialist leaders coordinate their messages since "this lack of harmony further confuses citizens".
