Drago Canarias

Drago Canarias
Drago Canarias
AbbreviationDRAGO
LeaderAlberto Rodríguez Rodríguez [es]
FounderAlberto Rodríguez Rodríguez
Founded24 October 2022 (2022-10-24)
IdeologyCanarian nationalism
Ecologism
Feminism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationSumar (since 2023)
Colours  Black
  Yellow
  Dark Green
Canarian Parliament
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Website
dragocanarias.com

Drago Canarias (DRG), commonly known simply as Drago Canarias or Drago, is a political party based in the Canary Islands, which emerged from the socio-political association Proyecto Drago-Canarias en la Encrucijada (Drago Project - Canary Islands at the Crossroads). The party defines its political identity around concepts such as "Canarian obedience", sovereigntism, the defence of the territory, and a confederal organisational structure.

Proyecto Drago was publicly launched on 24 October 2022, and Drago Canarias was registered with the Spanish Ministry of the Interior's Registry of Political Parties on 16 December of that year. In the 2023 Canarian regional, island council and local elections, it contested the elections as part of the Drago Verdes Canarias coalition, alongside Verdes Equo and Los Verdes. It gained its first institutional representation with two councillors on the City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna. In the Spanish general election held later that year, it participated as part of the Sumar coalition, without securing representation of its own in the Cortes Generales.

Following the 2023 electoral cycle, the party began a process of reorganisation and territorial expansion through the establishment of island and municipal branches across different parts of the archipielago. Its institucional representation remains concentrated in the City Council of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, where it holds two seats, represented by councillors Alberto Rodríguez and Carmen Peña.

Background

On 20 January 2021, the Supreme Court of Spain indicted Rodríguez for an alleged crime of attack against authority and misdemeanor or misdemeanor injury for incidents that occurred in 2014. The high court began the procedure once the Congress of Deputies accepted the request requested in December 2020. In October 2021, he was convicted of attacking authority, having to pay a fine of 540 euros in compensation for avoiding imprisonment and being disqualified from holding public office. He was disqualified as a deputy on October 22, 2021, after a few weeks of controversy between the Supreme Court and the Congress of Deputies. On October 23, he announced that he was leaving Podemos.

In January 2023, Rodríguez announced that the party had joined the Más País coalition of left-wing and regionalist parties.

Coalition(s)

During February 2023 the party formed a coalition comprised by four parties. However, in the following month, Canaries Now left the alliance.

Party Notes
Drago Canaries Party (DRG)
Greens Equo (Verdes Equo)
Canaries Now (Ahora Canarias) Left in March 2023.
The Greens–Greens Federation (LV)

Ideology

It claims to be a "Canarian obedience" project, which should not depend on any ideology.

Electoral performance

Parliament of the Canary Islands

Election Island constituencies Regional constituency Seats +/– Government
Votes % Votes %
2023 27,916 3.2 (#7) 29,504 3.4 (#6)
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 0 Extra-parliamentary

References

  1. ↑ Jiménez, Jennifer (2022-10-24). "Un escaño vacío, un partido liderado por Alberto Rodríguez y nuevas fuerzas sacuden el tablero de la izquierda canaria". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-09-19.
  2. ↑ Jiménez, Jennifer (2022-06-20). "La canariedad, el canarismo y cómo se replantea el espacio político y social "de obediencia canaria"". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-09-19.
  3. ↑ Rodríguez, Javi (2023-01-13). "Proyecto Drago apuesta por la palmera Sara Hernández como portavoz confederal y pone tres condiciones para confluir con la izquierda". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2026-09-19.
  4. ↑ ministerio del Interior
  5. ↑ "Alberto Rodríguez funda 'Drago', un nuevo partido político para las elecciones canarias". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  6. ↑ Jiménez, Jennifer (2022-10-24). "Alberto Rodríguez presenta el proyecto Drago, la herramienta política con la que prevé concurrir a las elecciones". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
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  8. ↑ Jaén, Marta Monforte (2022-10-24). "Alberto Rodríguez lanza Drago, su plataforma para los comicios de 2023". infoLibre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  9. ↑ "Alberto Rodríguez regresa a la política con Drago, un nuevo proyecto autonómico". www.publico.es. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  10. ↑ "Yolanda Díaz cierra el primer acuerdo de Sumar con Alberto Rodríguez para incluir a Drago en las listas de Canarias el 23J". www.epe.es (in Spanish). 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  11. ↑ "El TS imputa al diputado de Podemos Alberto Rodríguez por atentado contra la autoridad, siendo condenado a 1 mes de prisión por dichos hechos". www.elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  12. ↑ "El Congreso aprueba el suplicatorio del 'número tres' de Podemos, Alberto Rodríguez, y da vía libre al Supremo para investigarle". Madrid. EFE. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  13. ↑ Gabilondo, Pablo (2021-10-07). "El TS condena a Rodríguez por atentado a la autoridad y le aboca a abandonar su escaño". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  14. ↑ "Batet ejecuta la sentencia del Supremo y quita la condición de diputado a Alberto Rodríguez". El HuffPost (in Spanish). 2021-10-22. Retrieved 2021-10-22.
  15. ↑ "Alberto Rodríguez anuncia que deja Podemos". amp.europapress.es. 23 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  16. ↑ "Alberto Rodríguez se une a la alianza de Compromís". Electomanía (in Spanish). 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  17. ↑ "Proyecto Drago y Verdes Equo cierran una alianza para explorar una lista conjunta para las elecciones en Canarias". Canarias Ahora (in Spanish). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  18. ↑ "Proyecto Drago, la plataforma de Alberto Rodríguez, amplía su alianza a los independentistas de Ahora Canarias y Los Verdes". Canarias Ahora (in Spanish). 3 February 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  19. ↑ "Ahora Canarias abandona la coalición Drago Verdes Canarias por convertirse en un "puro reparto de sillones"". Canarias Ahora (in Spanish). Europa Press. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  20. ↑ Martín, José Miguel (2022-11-04). "¿Son el canarismo y la obediencia canaria lo mismo?". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  21. ↑ Jiménez, Jennifer (2022-10-24). "Un escaño vacío, un partido liderado por Alberto Rodríguez y nuevas fuerzas sacuden el tablero de la izquierda canaria". elDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-29.