"Eduardo asked me for my fax number on Monday to send me his resignation from the party in writing, which later arrived at my office." This is the culmination of the disagreement that has taken place in the last week between the until recently island president of the CCN, Eduardo Arbelo, and the newly appointed president, Rafael de León, who has declared that he "deeply regrets" the "steps and statements" made by Arbelo, the result of haste according to the president of the CCN and of "sirens that are reaching him," referring to the meetings that he claims the former CCN member has held with the president of Nueva Canarias, Román Rodríguez, in Tenerife.
Rafael de León has denied that the party he now presides over in Lanzarote is dismantling and assures that the closure of the electoral headquarters that Arbelo publicly denounced a few days ago, is nothing more than "the move to another more administrative headquarters." A transfer in which de León assures, "Eduardo Arbelo and a group of members have helped me, so there is no liquidation at all." The party is also moving forward, according to the president of the CCN, on other islands such as Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and El Hierro, where they are also looking for smaller headquarters.
Although Rafael de León does not rule out the integration of the CCN with other nationalist formations, he emphasizes that for now "there is nothing firm." In addition, he affirms that his party, after the election results, is willing to make "an effort for nationalist reconciliation" to unite the "scattered" votes that together "would give the absolute majority to nationalism in all institutions."
To achieve this union, Rafael de León considers it necessary for CC to self-reflect in order to "not continue with that arrogance" and for the parties split from the majority nationalist force to decide that "dirty laundry should be washed at home and an agreement should be reached." In any case, Rafael de León has not referred to specific conversations between his party and other nationalist forces and wanted to point out that the understanding they seek "does not mean that tomorrow we will throw ourselves into anyone's arms."