The candidate of the Canarian Coalition to the Congress of Deputies for the provincial constituency of Las Palmas, María Fernández, has been "forceful" in the message she has sent to the citizens during her visit to the islands of Lanzarote and La Graciosa.
"We are the zero kilometer party, the one that defends the rights of this land. We don't want to be more than anyone else, but there is nothing more unfair than treating those of us who are different the same, and the reality is that in Madrid they don't understand us. That is why we have to have strength and strong voices that bend the state parties to make them understand the specificities of the Canary Islands."
The nationalist candidate, who was accompanied by the candidate for the Senate, Emilio Machín, the island secretary of CC Lanzarote, Migdalia Machín, and the Lanzarote representative on the list for Congress, Cristina Calero, recalled the importance of emphasizing issues as important as the migratory drama, free transport, the lack of housing or the price of the shopping basket; the most expensive in the entire Spanish state.
"We have to be in Madrid so that the reality of Lanzarote and La Graciosa is attended to, known and responded to, and that can only be achieved with the useful vote, the vote for the Canarian Coalition, because we are the ones who throughout history have always defended the interests of this land above all else," he said.
Thus, Fernández has emphasized that "the important thing is that, whoever is the tenant of the Moncloa from Sunday, July 23, needs the Canary Islands to preside over Spain and needs to respect and shield the rights of the Canaries in order to govern Spain. Only then can the Canary Islands move forward."
In the same line as María Fernández, the island secretary of CC Lanzarote, Migdalia Machín, has insisted that it is key for Lanzarote and La Graciosa to have representation in Madrid. "In the Senate there is a seat that bears the name of our islands and it is essential that it be occupied by a person from Lanzarote who defends it, like Emilio Machín."
The nationalist leader has also valued the figure and the role that María Fernández has played in the Congress of Deputies, recalling that "there is no one like her to defend this land and claim what is rightfully ours."
For his part, the aspiring senator, Emilio Machín, has stated that "if there are no nationalist men and women who know how to defend the interests of our islands, we are going to regret it."
Machín wanted to make it clear that the objective of CC is, as María Fernández has pointed out, to be key in the government that is formed after 23J, "to get the best for our land." Something that, he asserts, "can only be achieved with brave and not obedient men and women."
Meetings
Throughout Wednesday's visit, the CC candidates, led by María Fernández, met with the Lanzarote Business Confederation (CEL). A meeting that was attended by the general secretary, Beatriz Salazar, as well as other members of the Board of Directors and the integrated organizations, in which the main lines of business and social action were addressed.
The CC candidate for Congress of Deputies has highlighted the importance of treating and defending the idiosyncrasy of the island in Madrid, pointing out that "the reality we live in the archipelago, where everything comes to us by sea and air, directly impacts and affects the business, tourism, primary, training, etcetera sector and the family economy."
Thus, she pointed out that "we need to join forces to fight for certain milestones such as the kerosene tax, the problem we have with housing or the water emergency. All of them very particular needs of Lanzarote and La Graciosa, which must be fought for and conquered in Madrid."
The visit ended precisely in La Graciosa, where both María Fernández and the candidate for the Senate, accompanied by the mayor of Teguise, Olivia Duque, had the opportunity to speak with the residents and learn firsthand the needs of an island, the Eighth, which faces daily the problems derived from triple insularity.
