For two years, too many have preferred grievance to facts. A narrative was built on insinuations, hasty headlines, and suspicion repeated until it seemed true. Today, with the UCO's report on Ángel Víctor Torres already known, we can say it clearly: there are no indications of criminal activity against him. The document places his intervention in the resolution of incidents typical of an emergency, not in awards or commissions.
It is worth remembering the context that some have tried to erase. In 2020, when the world was competing for masks and ventilators, the Canary Islands managed the pandemic outstandingly: we were the autonomous community with the lowest COVID-19 mortality in Spain. That result was not by chance: there was effective surveillance, institutional coordination, and difficult decisions made with people in mind, with an unequivocal maxim: to defend the general interest
Facts are stubborn. The relationship with Mr. Aldama is exactly what was always said: a single message. There were no "encrypted" phones to hide conversations, nor the string of fabrications that became political ammunition and media noise. Even so, for months, they tried to transform suspicion into guilt to harm a person, their family, and their career. That is not oversight: it is infamy.
This is not about turning the page as if nothing happened. When accusations are made without proof and falsehoods are amplified, there is an ethical obligation to rectify and apologize. Not out of revenge, but for democratic hygiene; out of respect for those who serve in the public sphere and for a citizenry that deserves politics based on facts. Disagreement is healthy; slander is not.
From Lanzarote, I also claim what is essential: politics that treats people well. The kind that is accountable with data, publishes records, explains decisions, and corrects when it makes mistakes. The kind that focuses energy on what truly changes lives: housing, water, healthcare, and an economy that works for the majority, not on sustaining falsehoods. That was the purpose of our management during the pandemic and must be the permanent standard.
I write from the conviction that truth matters. It matters for repairing harm to individuals and families. It matters for rebuilding trust. It matters because without truth there is no useful debate, nor just decisions. Let each person assume their part: those who accused without proof, rectify; those who inform, verify; those who represent, explain and respond.
And I end with an idea I want to turn into a shared commitment: dignifying politics is a task for everyone, institutions, parties, media, and citizens alike. Only then will democracy become stronger and truth reclaim its rightful place.