The PSOE stops the PP's motion to declare Pedro Sánchez persona 'non grata' in Lanzarote

Ariagona González celebrates the withdrawal of the proposal after a Supreme Court ruling: “We have avoided a partisan, illegal and shameful use of the institutions”

July 24 2025 (14:52 WEST)
Updated in July 25 2025 (08:06 WEST)
Ariagona González   Grupo socialista llegando al pleno
Ariagona González Grupo socialista llegando al pleno

The Socialist Group in the Cabildo of Lanzarote has managed to withdraw from the agenda the motion promoted by the Popular Party that intended to declare the President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, persona “non grata”. The proposal, which was to be debated in the next plenary session, has been withdrawn after a meeting of spokespersons convened urgently on the morning of this Thursday.

The PSOE registered a document with the Presidency and the Secretariat of the Plenary, providing a recent ruling of the Supreme Court (Third Chamber, of the Contentious-Administrative, of February 23, 2004), which makes it clear that local administrations do not have competence for this type of declarations, and that, if adopted, they would be null and void.

“Justice has spoken loud and clear: the councils and town halls cannot use the institutions as a loudspeaker for their ideological phobias. Today we have stopped a legal absurdity and an institutional attack on the President of the Government,” said the socialist spokesperson, Ariagona González.

In the document presented by the Socialist Group, it is highlighted that said ruling considers that this type of declarations cannot be understood as mere political expressions without legal significance, but rather constitute administrative acts that require a legal authorization that does not exist in current legislation. In fact, the Supreme Court concludes that neither the Regulatory Law of the Bases of Local Regime nor any other norm grants that power to municipal bodies.

Thanks to the pressure from the PSOE, and with the support of the Mixed Group and the Canarian Coalition, the proposal was withdrawn before its debate. “We have acted with firmness and institutional responsibility, because what was at stake was not only an absurd motion, but respect for the rule of law and democracy,” González stressed.

For the PSOE, "this attempt by the Popular Party is not only a partisan abuse of a public institution, but a further example of the political radicalization of the right." “They intended to turn the Cabildo of Lanzarote into a propaganda set against the Government of Spain. We have not allowed it and we will not allow it,” concluded the socialist spokesperson.

Ángel Vázquez
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