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Government to publish public service obligation for island flights
The Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Ángel Víctor Torres, has announced that the Government will publish this Friday a public service obligation (PSO) on the air connection between La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro, one of these islands’ main demands in order to guarantee the frequency of direct flights. “Today the Secretary of State for Transport told me that we are going to publish a public service obligation for the air connection between the islands of La Palma, La Gomera and El Hierro,” the minister said at an informative breakfast hosted by ‘Nueva Economía Fórum’.
Torres sets his sights on the Canary Islands presidency
Torres recalled that he has given up his place on the PSOE’s lists for Congress in the general election because he intends to devote himself fully to his candidacy for the Presidency of the Canary Islands next year. For that reason, he championed his work at the Ministry for Territorial Policy, which, in his view, has led to improvements for the Canary Islands, including reform of the immigration law, the Economic and Fiscal Regime and regional financing, among other areas. “When I sit down with the current president of the Canary Islands, who will be my political rival, all I see is that we have to defend things that are common to our land,” the minister added.
Thanks to Sánchez and a defence of “constitutional normality”
In any case, Torres thanked the head of the executive, Pedro Sánchez, for having had the “honour” of belonging to the Government, “with all the vicissitudes and complicated moments”: “I believe we have done a good job and history will recognise it as such”. The minister also spoke about the return to Spain of the pro-independence leaders Toni Comín and Lluís Puig following the application of the amnesty, highlighting the “constitutional normality” in Catalonia. “Our country is different… Spain is much more than Madrid,” Torres declared.
Call for courts to speak out on the vote for newly nationalised citizens
Regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to suspend voting rights for people who have been naturalised under the ‘grandchildren law’, Torres called on the courts to make their position clear ahead of the election on 29 November because “a right is going to be taken away from someone who had it”. Likewise, the minister attacked the president of Ceuta, Juan Vivas, arguing that there has been a “change” in his stance following the recent elections, and accused the former head of the executive José María Aznar of lighting the “social fuse” when he visited the autonomous city.
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