The Third Age in action

The group proposes improvements for the elderly and they have joined since that condition, but they are open to the integration of people of any age with the intention of improving the outlook of the ten million pensioners and, therefore, of Spanish society , Canarian and Tenerife.

“Neither from the right nor from the left, we fight for our rights.” The phrase of Inma Sierra, provincial delegate, is a declaration of intentions from Third Age in Actiona political party that was born, or rather reborn with the idea of ​​bringing together a large part of the elderly in the country, the Canary Islands and the Tenerife. Match minimum pensions to the Minimum Interprofessional Salary (SMI), create a specific Ministry or institutionalize a Council of Wise Men, which already works internally. They have developed a whole framework of doctrine that they are going to try to show in the next local, regional and municipal elections.

The council and the municipalities where they already have strength. That is to say, Santa Cruz, The lagoon, La Orotava, Puerto de la Cruz, Candelaria or Arona. This is the geographical area of ​​Tenerife in which they want to break down their idea to public opinion in the form of a vote from the island’s citizens.

Along with Inma, the interlocutor of this newspaper is Rolando Martín, Rony, organization secretary. He proudly boasts of his 76 years, very well-cared for –Inma refuses to confirm his age although “70 are already over”. She clarifies that this idea was born “so that they listen to us once and for all” because “we feel very abandoned by traditional politics.”

The party was born in 2018 in the Levante area, but it did not have a tour in Tenerife, although there were attempts to promote it. In 2019 it is reborn and after the confinement of 2020 “it has been consolidated”.

Third Age in Action criticizes “the double taxation that we older people suffer by having to face the payment of personal income tax in retirement.” They consider “a mockery” the announcement of increases in the pension by the CPI “that leave us halfway.” Above all, they consider themselves “managers and more sociologists than ideologists.” His intention is “to move young people because we fight for them, for our children and grandchildren,” says Sierra.

The national president, attorney Nuria Martínez Ros, recently visited the island. She blessed the constitution of the provincial board of directors. They remember that “we do not receive other financing than the five euros per month of the membership fee.” They are open to possible donations but “never to assuming a mortgage on neutral ideas.”

The Great National Council chaired by Albert Campabadal is an essay for the intention of creating a similar body at the national level if they come to occupy space of power. They believe that “these people of professional and social relevance can be a beacon and guide from their wisdom.”

Insist on giving a contact reference. Or better several. From the website www.3age.org to the phones 609526386 (Inma) and 629609765 (Rony). A final sentence that, like the first, reflects all the intentions; “We are not going to be more years old, we are going to live more years young.”