SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, July 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Pedro Martín, has led a meeting with the promoters of the Economic and Fiscal Regime Manifesto (REF) for the Canary Islands and has expressed his support for the defense of the REF and its adaptation to the economic and social needs of the Archipelago.
“The pandemic has affected vital sectors of our economy, which require greater flexibility to be able to overcome their situation and require a prompt response,” said the president. “We must work hand in hand and put partisan issues aside,” he added.
Pedro Martín has announced that he will personally contact the President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, to express the Cabildo’s support for him to lead the negotiations with the State Government. He also announced that the island government will send the manifesto to the Canary Island Federation (Fecai) for its consideration and support.
At the meeting, Pedro Martín also addressed the advisability of the Economic and Fiscal Regime “becoming more widely known among Canarian society, in general, and especially among young people through academic centres”. Martín stressed the need for citizens to know all the implications that the REF has in matters of relevance to society as a whole.
The meeting was attended by the second vice president and island councilor for the Presidency, Finance and Modernization, Berta Pérez; the insular director of Coordination and Support to the President, Aarón Afonso; the president of Fepeco, Óscar Izquierdo; the dean of the Official College of Mercantile and Business Graduates of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Samuel Cruz; the president of the Association of Fiscal Advisers of the Canary Islands, Juan Luis Alayón; the dean of the Economists College of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Juan Luis Casajuana and the treasurer-controller of FEPECO and economist, Víctor Paz.
The promoters of the REF Manifesto have conveyed to the representatives of the Cabildo the need to make aspects of the Economic and Fiscal Regime more flexible in order to face the exceptional difficulties that the Canarian economic and social fabric is going through.
Samuel Cruz appreciated the Cabildo’s response, since, as he said, “we need to give voice to the unity and defense of our REF.” “Adapting it to events such as the pandemic or the La Palma volcano are absolutely necessary for the future well-being of the Canary Islands. We are not asking for more, only legal certainty,” he said.
