From terrible management, terrible data

October 23 2014 (13:59 WEST)

The latest unemployment figures in the Canary Islands suggest the disastrous management of employment in the islands, as unemployment in the Canary Islands has risen by 5,400 people in the third quarter of the year compared to the previous quarter, despite the Canary Islands having a record number of tourist arrivals, 8.3 million foreigners until September of this year, generating revenues of 12.5 billion euros.

The management of the Government of the Canary Islands, presided over by CC and PSOE, is living far from reality, far from the figures that most concern citizens, unemployment. They are putting partisan and electoral interests before unemployment.

The Canary Islands cannot afford to occupy the penultimate position of the autonomous communities in Spain with the highest unemployment rate (33.36%), just before Andalusia (35.21%).

And we cannot forget youth unemployment, where the rate rises to more than 55%. These are sad figures if we talk about the future of our young people, who want to develop their lives and feel powerless in the face of companies' refusal to hire them, due to the lack of work experience, because the company has interns at bargain prices... What is clear is that this ship has to change course, because we cannot let it run aground, and with it, the future of this land.

As we delve into the figures, we see the emergency situation in the Canary Islands, and it is no less sad that even the youngest suffer from the mismanagement of our Canary Island rulers, with 7 percent of Canary Island children up to nine years old living in severe poverty and 23 percent in relative poverty, according to data from the Canary Island Institute of Statistics (Istac).

Gentlemen of CC and PSOE, months pass, years pass, and even with the record number of tourists, they have not been able to stabilize employment in the Canary Islands. They are playing like Catalonia, distracting with other issues such as oil, and leaving aside thousands of Canarians without resources, without employment, without training, without health care. And aren't you ashamed to come out defending a shared sovereignty knowing that you have not even been able, despite the immense arrival of tourists to the Canary Islands, to reduce unemployment figures?

 

Jacobo Medina

 

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