The island president of the PP, Astrid Pérez, shares the discomfort of the Civil Guard professionals due to the repeated breaches of Sánchez's Government, which "has once again deceived the people of Lanzarote by announcing a reinforcement of the security forces that does not exist"
Lanzarote, September 21, 2025. The president of the Popular Party of Lanzarote, Astrid Pérez, denounces the lack of commitment of Pedro Sánchez's Government to the Canary Islands and, especially to the island of Lanzarote, after years of unsuccessfully demanding an increase in the number of troops of the State Security Forces and Corps.
Astrid Pérez considers it a "political shamelessness" that the PSOE continues to play with the needs of the people of Lanzarote "making promises that they break again and again." "Citizens are tired of the fact that when there is talk of guaranteeing security and alleviating the heavy workload borne by both the National Police and the Civil Guard, the Canarian minister Torres looks the other way or makes announcements and promises that they are unable to fulfill."
In this sense, the PP leader shares the discomfort expressed by the Spanish Association of Civil Guards (AEGC) that accuses the former president of the Government of the Canary Islands, and now Minister of Territorial Policy, Angel Víctor Torres, of lying and scamming the Canarians by announcing the arrival of new troops when the reality is that they are the same civil guards who joined two months ago for internships and that does not represent a real increase in the staff.
It should be remembered that the socialist minister put the number of new troops for the Canary Islands at 169, of which 20 would be destined for Lanzarote.
For Astrid Pérez, "this way of acting confirms what we have been saying for some time and that is that the people of the Canary Islands can no longer trust this government or Torres when it comes to defending the interests of our land in Madrid." "We are facing a minister who, already in his stage at the head of the Canarian Executive, showed that he is absolutely subject to the partisan interests of Pedro Sánchez."
In this sense, she points out that "neither before nor now do we see them worried about the work overload that affects both the Civil Guard and the National Police due to the shortage of troops to meet the needs of an island that has more than 160,000 residents, receives about 3 million tourists a year and also has to face the services derived from the migratory crisis and the arrival of boats to our coasts."
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