The pact of the Canarian Coalition (CC) with the Popular Party (PP) and Vox in Granadilla de Abona is not an exception or a coincidence. It is a deliberate political decision that demonstrates the extent to which CC has normalized its relationship with the extreme right in the Canary Islands. We already saw it in Teguise, where CC governs with PP and Vox, and in Arona, where they have handed over key areas to the ultra-right. We are not facing a specific agreement, but a clear strategy: the Canarian Coalition has decided to embrace Vox when it is useful, regardless of what this means for democratic values or for the future of our land.
It is ironic that CC, a party that has always presented itself as "moderate" and "nationalist", has decided to ally itself with those who deny the identity of the peoples, reject self-government and despise diversity. A party that talks about "defending the Canary Islands" and at the same time opens the door to a formation that does not even hide its contempt for the State of Autonomies. But when power is the only objective, any contradiction is disguised as a strategy.
Because this is not a matter of political arithmetic. It is not only that CC, PP and Vox add up to govern in some municipalities or institutions. It is that this alliance represents a model of doing politics based on exclusion, on the denial of rights and on the attack on social advances. Wherever the extreme right governs, we have seen it clearly: rights are cut, diversity is persecuted and the climate crisis is ignored. And CC, with its eagerness to stay in power, has decided that this is a price it is willing to pay.
The Granadilla de Abona pact is just one more piece on a board in which something much more important than a municipal government is at stake. It is the confirmation that, when you have to choose between progress and regression, between democracy and involution, between rights and authoritarianism, there are parties that do not hesitate to surrender to the extreme right in order to remain in power. And the Canarian Coalition has made it clear which side it has decided to be on.
The most serious thing is not only the pact itself, but what it represents: the legitimization of Vox as a political actor in the Canary Islands. CC is helping the extreme right to stop being a marginal threat in the Canary Islands to become a government partner with real power in the institutions. It is one more step in the reactionary drift of a formation that, when it suits it, does not hesitate to camouflage itself as progressive, but when the truth comes out, it chooses the shortest path to stay in power.
While the Canarian Coalition continues its balancing act, in Lanzarote and throughout the Canary Islands we suffer the consequences of its misgovernment. The water crisis, tourist saturation, the housing emergency and the deterioration of public services are not solved with power pacts, but with responsible policies committed to the well-being of citizens. And that is where CC has failed miserably.
Faced with this path, there is another model. A model based on coexistence, on respect for conquered rights, on the defense of public services and on the struggle for a more just society. A model that bets on sustainability, not on the destruction of the territory. A model that believes in real equality, not in reactionary propaganda. From the PSOE we will continue to denounce these shameful pacts. Because those of us who believe in a diverse, just and sustainable Canary Islands cannot accept that our land is handed over to those who want to go backwards in rights and freedoms. History will remember who allied with the extreme right. And the Canarian Coalition will have to assume its responsibility.
María Dolores Corujo, general secretary of the PSOE of Lanzarote and deputy in Congress
