The Federal Executive of the PSOE has expelled the 6 socialist councilors in the Cabildo of La Palma from the party after they registered a motion of censure against the Canarian Coalition in the island corporation this Monday. The motion, which does not have the support of either the federal or regional leadership of the Socialist Party, "constitutes a very serious act of indiscipline, contrary to the Statutes and other applicable regulations and that goes against the guidelines of the party's governing bodies," the PSOE said in a statement. In addition, it adds that la expulsion entails the loss of all organic positions within the party.
"The councilors from La Palma, Anselmo Pestana, Jovita Monterrey, María Victoria Hernández, José Adrián Hernández, Jorge Tomás González and José Basilio Pérez have placed themselves on their own outside the PSOE by presenting this motion together with the Popular Party," the socialists said in the statement.
In addition, the departure of Pestana, until now general secretary of the party in La Palma, "implies the suspension of functions of the Island Executive and the appointment of a manager." For its part, the expulsion of González will also result in the dissolution of the local group of Breña Alta, of which he is general secretary.
"A very serious act of indiscipline"
From the PSOE they recall that after the elections of May 22, 2011, "the Federal Executive Commission, the only one competent in matters of post-election agreements, delegated to the Regional Executive the initiation of conversations with political forces, with the exception of the Popular Party, to reach agreements in the autonomous community, councils and municipalities that would allow the Socialist Party to implement its program in the different institutions of the Islands." At that time, the federal leadership of the party established that in the case of the Archipelago, contacts should be established with the Canarian Coalition for an autonomous, island and local agreement. As a result, the PSOE of the Canary Islands and the Canarian Coalition materialized a government agreement in the Cabildo of La Palma.
The Federal Executive Commission "already communicated in writing to Pestana and the other five socialist councilors, in September 2013, its absolutely contrary opinion to the presentation of a motion of censure in the Cabildo of La Palma and required them to comply with the party's guidelines in this regard." However, the party points out that "they ignored this requirement and this Monday they signed, together with the councilors of the PP, a motion of censure against CC, ignoring the agreements and guidelines adopted by the competent bodies of the PSOE."
The signatories of this motion of censure have committed, in the party's opinion, "a very serious act of indiscipline." In this regard, it points out that "any alleged discrepancy within the pact between the PSOE of the Canary Islands and the Canarian Coalition must be resolved internally in the monitoring bodies of this agreement and is not an excuse to present a motion of censure in collusion with the Popular Party." Thus, the PSOE of the Canary Islands considers that "if what the PSOE of La Palma intended was to provide greater stability to the Cabildo of La Palma", where CC governed in minority, "its best option would have been to negotiate its re-entry into the island corporation, something for which it had the doors open".
