Strong idea of the president of the Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, about the location on the island of the venues for the 2030 FIFA World Cup: the island has more air connections, more high-quality hotel infrastructure and good security measures than other campus options. Therefore, it demands that at The headquarters selection process uses common sense with technical criteria and transparency.
“Insularity cannot be a reason for rejection and political separation, because here the technical conditions are the best; because Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina or the headquarters of Portugal and Morocco are more distant; because There is no territory with a tricontinental vocation like the Canary Islands, like Gran Canaria” he argued.
Morales clarified the island’s “strong commitment” to host the next 2030 Soccer World Cup and sued the RFEF and the central government.transparent, reliable and rigorous technical analysis” when decided.
Morales requested “respect for Gran Canaria, the truth of the island and honesty and impartiality” in the decision adopted regarding the location of the headquarters, before the release indicating that Portugalorganizer of the World Cup along with Spain and Morocco, expresses opposition to the island territories present in the championship.
It should be noted that in 2022 at the meeting of the Sports Sector Conference, where the Autonomous Communities were asked to propose places to host World Cup matches, An initial allocation of 35 million euros has been approved for the improvement of sports facilities. Gran Canaria Stadium can benefit from this economic injection to address the works to increase the capacity up to 40,000 seatsand updating and improving services and facilities that will make attendance more comfortable for spectators.
UD Las Palmas has joined the commitment to complete the second phase of the Barranco Seco sports city project in the coming years, with all the services and first class facilities that participating teams may need without leaving the capital municipality.
Attack. Morales said that the leaks of these alleged obstacles “worry the Cabildo”, and if they are true and prevent Gran Canaria from being the venue for the World Cup “there will be unacceptable and unacceptable aggression and contempt“to the island.
“The rejection of our candidacy, a decision contrary to what we understand corresponds to us by law, means a real one. aggression against the interests of the Canary Islands and Gran Canaria, where the Federation and the Government are liable if it cannot defend that a territory like this has same rights as a peninsular territory to organize a championship of these qualities,” said Morales.
In this scenario, the president of the Cabildo emphasized the need to re-clarify the united position and a solid political, social and economic majority of Gran Canaria who bet on the island to be the venue of the World Cup.
“The insularity cannot be a reason for rejection and political isolation, because of this the technical conditions are the best; because Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina or the headquarters of Portugal and Morocco are further away; because No territory has a tricontinental vocation like the Canary Islands.like Gran Canaria”, he argued.
There is “a solid, rigorous and solvent project, which we understand cannot be rejected by decisions where political compensation or arbitrary territory prevails,” he highlighted.
The head of the island’s Government recalled how, from the moment the process began to select the territories and sports venues capable of hosting a World Cup venue, Gran Canaria took firm steps to present the its candidacy, with the support of all the political groups of the Cabildo, the City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the UD Las Palmas and the Football Federation.
“As always We were told that we were among the top seven or eight candidates.“, Morales insisted, “and we worked because we knew that Gran Canaria had the appropriate conditions and, according to the criteria established by the organization, we are in starting position“.
Source: La Verdad
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