PSOE Lanzarote condemns the hate campaign by Hazte Oír and reminds us that “Lanzarote has demonstrated at the polls that it condemns hate campaigns.”
María Dolores Corujo: “While the far-right installs itself in hatred, in Lanzarote and the Canary Islands, the politics of rights, respect, and democracy has prevailed.”
On Monday, the PSOE Lanzarote condemned the propaganda action organised by the far-right platform Hazte Oír in Playa Bastián, near the La Mareta Residence, where the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, is enjoying a few days of rest.
For the socialists, this action, based on hatred and provocation, “does not represent Lanzarote or the Canary Islands” and is part of the “coordinated noise from the far-right and its media satellites to poison political life.”
The Secretary-General of PSOE and Member of Congress, María Dolores Corujo, highlighted that “Lanzarote is a welcoming, diverse, and respectful land that has shown at the polls that it suffers from and rejects hate speech. In the last general elections, the Socialist Party was the most voted force in both Lanzarote and the Canary Islands, precisely because we represent a way of doing politics based on rights, coexistence, and the defence of the general interest.”
Corujo linked this action by Hazte Oír to the “climate of tension that some have been trying to force in Lanzarote for some time,” and recalled the “ridiculous and unfortunate statements” made by the President of the Cabildo, Oswaldo Betancort, and the President of the PP in Lanzarote, “who have had no qualms about using even the holidays of the President of the Government to sow noise, misinformation, and division.”
“That Pedro Sánchez spends a few days of rest in La Mareta should not bother anyone who respects democracy, especially considering that we are talking about an official State residence,” added the socialist leader.
PSOE Lanzarote defends the right of all individuals, including public authorities, to rest freely without being the target of orchestrated campaigns by radical organisations that have repeatedly shown their disdain for democratic values.
“What should concern us as a society,” concludes Corujo, “is the advance of intolerance disguised as freedom of expression, and the normalisation of discourses that only seek to divide and confront.”
