The president of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Mario Cabrera, and the vice president Blas Acosta, have assessed the rejection of the appeals against oil exploration in the Canary Islands "as very bad, black and catastrophic news." "It will only serve to fill us with rage, reinforce and increase our fight on all possible fronts to stop these oil activities," they said.
For these two officials, with this decision of the Supreme Court, "the chain of absurdities and tailor-made suits of Repsol, hatched by the Rajoy Government and the PP, continues." In this sense, the vice president has shown "his surprise" because it was Antonio Brufau, president of Repsol, who announced on Tuesday morning "the imminent" ruling of the Supreme Court.
"It is the umpteenth strange circumstance in which the processing of the file, in the hands of the Rajoy Government, on oil exploration in Canarian waters is developed," they insisted. In this sense, they pointed out that these are the ways in which they have to get used to "living in this Democracy, which is on its way to becoming a petrocracy." "It seems that the pitch threads are already reaching the courts," they pointed out from the Cabildo of Fuerteventura.
The explorations "will not be done"
Mario Cabrera is very clear that in Fuerteventura "these explorations will not be done", since he will appeal "to the instances that are necessary". "This must be stopped because it negatively affects our way of life and goes against what our people want," he defended. For his part, the vice president, Blas Acosta, has stated that "the ruling of the Supreme Court is a hard blow to common sense and the majority feeling of the Canary Islands".
Cabrera has advanced that, once the text of the sentence is known, actions will be coordinated with other institutions and groups. "What is clear is that we are not going to stand still, we will act where necessary and as necessary to stop this sale of our sea to an oil multinational," he said.
