The PSOE Canarias’ Executive Commission and Regional Committee have approved their lists for the Congress of Deputies ahead of the general elections on 29th November. José Antonio Valbuena and Marta Arocha will lead the candidacy for Santa Cruz de Tenerife, while Dolores Corujo and Luc André Diouf head the slate for Las Palmas. Sergio Matos will stand again in the third position for Congress from La Palma, and Kilian Sánchez is aiming for re-election to the Senate.
This agreement must be ratified by the Federal List Commission on Friday and then formalised by the Federal Committee, which will meet this Saturday, 17th, in Fuenlabrada, Madrid. The Canary delegation will be led by Secretary General Ángel Víctor Torres.
The Congress list for Santa Cruz de Tenerife also includes Sergio Matos and Teresa Gutiérrez, while in Las Palmas, Vanesa Cabrera and Pedro Sosa occupy the third and fourth positions, respectively.
Additionally, the Regional Executive Commission, meeting in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on Thursday, approved the Senate candidacies put forward by the island committees. The candidates are Pedro Martín and Alicia Alvarez (Tenerife), Kilian Sánchez Sanjuán (La Palma), Juan Luis Navarro (La Gomera), Juan Jesús Facundo and Marta Saavedra (Gran Canaria), Paloma Hernández (Fuerteventura), and Francisco Manuel Fajardo (Lanzarote). The candidate for El Hierro’s Senate seat will be announced on Friday.