The Popular Party of Lanzarote and La Graciosa has strongly criticized the decision of the Island Council to withdraw the motion they presented to declare the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, persona non grata from the agenda. The measure, adopted after an agreement by the Board of Spokespersons and at the request of the Socialist Group, has been described by the Popular Party as a “veto on political and democratic debate.”
In a statement issued this Thursday, the PP denounces that the withdrawal of the motion represents a “violation of a fundamental right” of the island councilors to exercise their representative functions, protected by the Constitution. The party maintains that the motion was included “in a timely manner” on the agenda of the plenary session called for this Friday, July 25, in accordance with the Organic Regulations of the Cabildo.
According to the Popular Party, the legal interpretation put forward by the General Secretariat and assumed by the Presidency of the Cabildo to justify the withdrawal “collides” with the rights of the councilors. “It is evident that the Socialist Group prefers to gag political debate in the Cabildo rather than address the corruption scandals affecting Pedro Sánchez and the repeated breaches with Lanzarote and La Graciosa,” the PP states in its note.
They also recall that the Cabildo's own regulations allow the Plenary to issue declarations of a purely political nature “exceptionally” and criticize the PSOE for promoting similar initiatives in other institutions.
Therefore, the Popular Party does not rule out taking legal action. Among the options they are considering are the presentation of an appeal for reconsideration before the Cabildo, a contentious-administrative appeal before the courts of Las Palmas, and even criminal actions for possible violation of constitutional rights.
