The Superior Court of Justice of Canary Islandshas not ratified some measures proposed by the Government of Canary Islandsdue to the end of the state of alarm.
In this situation, the Government of Canary Islandshas been forced to appeal the order before the Supreme Court, as announced by the President of the archipelago, Ángel Víctor Torres. We have already communicated the measures that the Autonomous Executive wanted to take and what would happen with the end of the state of alarm. (You can read it here).
This past Saturday and Sunday the judicial body met in an extraordinary plenary session to address the measures proposed by the Government of Canary Islandsto contain the pandemic after the end of the state of alarm. As a whole, the measures that limit fundamental rights have been rejected.
For this reason, the limitation of entry and exit of people on the islands that are at alert levels 3 and 4, such as the curfew, have been rejected by the TSJC. What it has ratified is the limitation of people who do not live together, either in public or private meetings and / or in open or closed spaces..
Regarding the “curfew”, the TSJC does not unanimously ratify it since it considers that it is a nightly confinement. As stated in the order: "If what is tacitly intended is to prevent certain behaviors that may entail a greater risk to public health because it is considered that they usually, by social custom, take place at night, say the authorities public with other less harmful intervention instruments ”.
The restrictions that remain in force despite the fact that the car rejects some are:
- Time limit in the hospitality industry.
- The mandatory use of masks and the safety distance.
- You will be able to travel freely between islands.
- Limited capacity in shopping centers, theaters, museums, sports facilities ... But not in places of worship.
- Limit of people in meetings in both public and private spaces. Alert 1, ten people; with alert 2, six people; on alert 3, four people; and alert 4, two people. The limit can only be exceeded if the people gathered are living together.
It is vital to emphasize to citizens the “individual responsibility” to avoid the spread of COVID-19.
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