Everyone except the PP rejects a Vox initiative to link immigration and insecurity

All the groups of the Parliament of the Canary Islands except the PP have rejected a non-law proposal presented by Vox against the closure of Civil Guard barracks in whose statement of reasons this casuistry is linked to the migratory phenomenon and citizen insecurity.

Specifically, in the Vox initiative, defended by deputy Paula Jover, it is argued that the Canary Islands suffers an "uncontrolled arrival of illegal immigration", so it is necessary to reinforce the presence of the Civil Guard to "prevent the entry of people clandestinely and combat criminal networks that profit from the trafficking of human beings."

It also suggests that in the Canary Islands, "faced with growing insecurity", the policy of the Government of Spain "cannot be to close barracks or allocate them to the reception of more illegal immigrants, aggravating the problem and contributing to the call effect."

Mónica Muñoz Peña, from the Popular group, has shared the substance but not the form of this Vox initiative, as it expresses a "legitimate concern" about the closure of Civil Guard barracks, which plays "a crucial role in social cohesion and the protection of the most vulnerable communities."

However, she sees it as "inappropriate" to link this with migration, "politicizing an issue that should be addressed with seriousness and rigor", but despite this and judging it "unacceptable to justify or whitewash" Vox's postulates in this matter, her party has supported the non-law proposal.

The socialist deputy Nira Fierro has reproached the PP deputies for "every time they can, they buy the fascists' discourse", and has made a comparison with the reform of the Immigration Law, on which "here they say one thing" and in Madrid, "the opposite."

Fierro has described Vox's approach as "miserable", to whose representatives in the Parliament of the Canary Islands she has blurted out: "it is a disgrace for this land to have you in here."

Raúl Acosta, from the Mixed group, has considered unnecessary Vox's pretension to "monopolize" and place the Civil Guard "under a canopy", of which he has recalled its "excessive loyalty" to the State during the Franco dictatorship, without prejudice to the services it currently provides.

Jesús Ramos, from Agrupación Socialista Gomera, has conceded that more troops are needed, but has emphasized the coordination between the different police forces and has lamented the "incoherence" of Vox's proposal in its explanatory part, "mixing" illegal immigration in this matter.

Carmen Hernández, from Nueva Canarias-Bloque Canarista, has criticized Vox's usual "strategy" of promoting an initiative that appears "praiseworthy" but what it seeks is to "mask its true intentions", which are to "criminalize migrants and spread fear, generating a fictitious citizen insecurity that is not supported by data."

Jonathan Felipe, from the Nationalist Group, has pointed out that the Civil Guard "is not the heritage of anyone", and just in case he has recalled that the body has 180 years of history and Vox only nine, with which "we must have done something else" in the support of this body all that time.

He has also criticized the "hodgepodge of barracks, minors and camps" to "continue cooking that breeding ground of fear and stir the most recondite feelings of citizenship."