In the Canary Islands, we remain perplexed and completely dismayed by the event that overwhelmed the hearts of the Canarian citizens, following the shipwreck of a boat in El Hierro carrying 60 people. In fact, the story is even more devastating, as the boat capsized, apparently after people stood up to signal Maritime Rescue.
Sixty people, including four children, who left Nigeria days ago in search of a better life. A utopian but hopeful outcome that ended in a real tragedy. A situation that the Government of Spain seems to see as "normal".
And it is precisely that, the normality with which they treat this real migratory drama, that really angers the Canarian people. Because I want to think that all political formations consider it essential that this is a problem that must be tackled at the root, I really think so. However, the lack of interest from Moncloa and the Socialist Party is, right now, a real disgrace.
I don't think it's a question of political colors or ideologies anymore, not even of better or worse governments, it's about humanity and respect for human rights. Yes, those rights that they always champion, that they try to deceive citizens with a mask of empathy that hides the real disinterest in others.
And in the meantime, what? Nothing. That's literally what they do, absolutely nothing. They look the other way, they try to divert important information and current affairs with banal and absurd criticisms of the opposition, which is mostly made up of the PP. They cling to a government like a koala to its eucalyptus, what they haven't realized yet is that that branch is more than rotten.
The Popular Party will not rest in its efforts to continue demanding that Pedro Sánchez listen to the Canarians and, above all, do something for them. And it is that after all, nothing is being asked outside of their obligations, what happens is that Mr. Sánchez, like many socialists, is not used to working.
One of the most mythical songs in our archipelago, known as "I live in an archipelago" and which is practically an anthem of our land, says in one of its verses the following: "I live where the wind turns, where they knock on the door and open your heart", and it is perhaps one of the mottos and the idiosyncrasy of our people: their hospitality and humanity, as we saw from the neighbors of Arrieta when a boat arrived in La Garita a few weeks ago.
That is why perhaps the attitude of Mr. Sánchez is so enraging, who comes to Lanzarote up to twice a year on vacation (a right we all have, of course), and who is unable to take an hour of his time to go to Puerto Naos and see the reality of immigration. I suppose that from the window of La Mareta he thinks he sees it better.
That attachment that the president has with our land is good, and former presidents have had it. It's a pity that it's only to get a tan and not to defend the Canary Islands and the Canarians.
He is not fulfilling his obligations to our Autonomous Community. He is leaving us alone, defenseless. If we were in a wrestling arena on a Friday night, we would hear through the loudspeakers what it says: reprimand to Mr. Sánchez for passivity in the fight.
