The National Political Council (CPN) of Coalición Canaria, the organization's highest body between congresses, held its first meeting of the year this Saturday, conducted remotely from all the Canary nationalist headquarters and presided over by Secretary General Fernando Clavijo.
After the meeting, the national secretary of Organization, David Toledo, expressed the organization's unanimous rejection of any attempt to establish a bilateral regional financing model between the State and Catalonia.
Regarding this, he stressed that "it gives the impression that we are facing an announcement with many headlines and little substance, because a new financing model must necessarily go through the Council of Fiscal and Financial Policy, which will not meet until January 14, then through the Council of Ministers and finally through Congress and the Senate," Toledo stated.
The number two of the Canarian nationalists warned that, "even without knowing the fine print of the document," the figures being released about the new financing model advocated by the PSOE "are very worrying for the Canary Islands." Of the 20.975 billion euros announced for the system, the archipelago is allocated only 611 million, when based on population it should correspond to more than 950 million, which represents a loss of nearly 400 million euros. Toledo stressed that "we are not talking about receiving more resources, as the Canarian PSOE has rushed to defend, but about what corresponds to the Canary Islands." He thus assured that "the PSOE will find us in opposition to defend the interests of this land."
The nationalist leader warned that financing based on the principle of ordinality defended by the PSOE "clashes head-on with the constitutional principles of solidarity enshrined in Article 138 and Article 2 of the Spanish Constitution". In this regard, he stressed that "if those who generate more end up earning more, the principle of redistribution and territorial cohesion that guarantees equality between citizens, wherever they live, is broken".
In this regard, Toledo was especially critical of the Socialist Party's position. He stated that "the PSOE is abandoning basic ideological principles if it accepts a model that breaks solidarity between territories."
From the National Political Council, it was insisted that this debate "is not about left or right, it's about the Canary Islands," and an express call was made for the unity of Canarian nationalism "now more than ever" to defend the archipelago's interests in the face of decisions that could negatively affect its future funding.
The CPN also addressed the situation of Canary Islanders and their descendants residing in Venezuela, where around 70,000 people live. David Toledo expressed Coalición Canaria's concern about the reality facing this community and the country, and called for "all necessary efforts to be made to guarantee the continuity of the social and health programs developed by the Canary Islands Government in Venezuela, which are fundamental for caring for our elderly and the most vulnerable families."
Likewise, the National Political Council analyzed the work agenda of the Canarian nationalists for the coming months, marked by the development of the "Canarias te necesita" (Canary Islands needs you) initiative, promoted by Coalición Canaria to "project the future of the Canary Islands together." Within this framework, a new meeting will be held next Thursday, January 15, in Gran Canaria, bringing together experts to address the migratory phenomenon from an integral perspective, moving from a short-term emergency to the analysis of the structural challenge it represents for the islands.