Canary Islands PP calls for Fuerteventura to have its own representation in Congress and the Senate, focusing on housing, immigration, jobs and tax

The president of the Canary Islands PP, Manuel Domínguez; the national PP’s campaign spokesperson, Ester Muñoz; and the president of the Fuerteventura PP, Jessica de León, spoke on the island this morning about the main issues on the party’s political agenda.

Their appearance comes amid a busy programme of activity by the party representatives in Fuerteventura, which began yesterday afternoon and will include a meeting with party members and supporters.

In their remarks, the party leaders called for Fuerteventura to have stronger representation in Spain’s Congress and Senate. They also addressed issues including housing, immigration, support for the self-employed, jobs and taxation.

The president of the Canary Islands PP, Manuel Domínguez, said his party was the only one with a chance of winning seats in both Congress and the Senate for Fuerteventura. He also urged islanders to assess the PP’s record wherever it is in government, including in town and island councils and in the Canary Islands Government.

“I invite you to assess us, examine us, give us a mark, and then ask yourselves why not here,” Domínguez said. The regional party leader argued that the island needed representatives to take its demands to national institutions, referring to Clara Peña and Esther Hernández.

Domínguez calls for action on the migration crisis and support for the self-employed

The regional president also identified immigration as one of the Canary Islands’ main concerns and criticised the central government’s migration policy. Domínguez called for Frontex to be deployed, for the Armed Forces to be involved, and for greater support for the Guardia Civil and National Police, alongside investment in countries of origin and transit.

“Passivity, the Socialist Party’s migration policy, kills,” he said, referring to the consequences of migration routes and to people who lose their lives on the journey to the islands.

On the economy, Domínguez highlighted the role of the self-employed as one of the engines of the economy and called for effective measures to support their businesses and create jobs. “The best social policy is none other than job creation,” he stressed.

Ester Muñoz backs tax cuts and measures to make housing more accessible

The national PP’s campaign spokesperson, Ester Muñoz, focused on the financial difficulties facing Spanish families and the obstacles they face in finding housing, meeting everyday expenses and maintaining their purchasing power.

Muñoz warned of rising child poverty and energy poverty, arguing that the political response should focus on concrete proposals to improve people’s lives.

“We are focusing not on attacking the Socialist Party, but on proposing change to the Spanish people: change in their country, change in their lives, and the chance to work for them,” she said.

Among the PP’s proposals, the spokesperson highlighted measures on housing, immigration and security, as well as tax cuts. In particular, she stressed the need to reduce the tax burden on families and cut taxes on basic foodstuffs to protect the purchasing power of households and pensioners.

“People’s taxes need to be cut. Inflation cannot be allowed to eat into wages and our older people’s pensions as well,” Muñoz said, accusing Pedro Sánchez’s government of prioritising tax revenue over people’s financial needs.

The national spokesperson said her party aimed to put families’ problems at the centre of political action. She contrasted this approach with what she described as excessive attention to controversies affecting the central government.

Jessica de León calls for a senator committed to Fuerteventura

The president of the Fuerteventura PP, Jessica de León, focused on the need for the island to have a senator with the initiative and ability to champion its demands. “Fuerteventura deserves a senator who has a voice, has a plan, knows what the island wants and what it needs,” she said.

The island party leader backed Esther Hernández’s Senate candidacy, saying it would give the concerns of Fuerteventura’s residents a voice of their own in state institutions. She also called for Clara Peña to win a seat in Congress.

De León stressed that the PP wanted to put Fuerteventura’s main concerns, and those of the Canary Islands as a whole, at the centre of the campaign. She listed housing, jobs, the self-employed and taxation among the priorities, with the party proposing measures aimed at families, workers and productive sectors.