The PSOE councilors critical of the mayor, Jose Julian Mena, requested today at the Town Hall entry register their removal from the municipal group and their move to the group of non-attached councillors. Dácil León, Sebastián Roque, Yurena García, Pura Martín, Elena Cabello and José Luis Gómez justify their decision by the “non-compliance” and “inconsistency” of the Socialist Party, a political formation that supported Mena’s candidacy two weeks ago for Mayor in 2023.
The six mayors, who were no longer part of the government group, point out in a statement that they feel “hugely disappointed” with a party that “has not complied” with what it has told them since the municipal crisis broke out, staged in June 2020 with the dismissal of Luis García as Councilor for Urban Planning. “Now, in a radical turn and without prior explanation, what happened is forgotten and Mena’s candidacy is supported,” they indicate.
The councilors, who emphasize that the origin of the problem of the Arona government group was the “external interference” of people outside the public administration, leave the PSOE, but keep the minutes “because the commitment acquired was with the municipality and the neighbors ”.
