Eight hours of bland and boring debate conclude with two absolutely divergent visions of the reality of Tenerife from the point of view of the government team or the melting pot of the opposition.
Eight hours of bland debate and at times boring to not move from the initial positions. The reality of Tenerife it is diametrically opposite according to the glass of the Cabildo group with which it is looked. An arduous task to relaunch the Island after decades of nationalist management focused on the task of people and the most vulnerable for the government. The apocalypse in the crucible of the opposition. The analysis went beyond the last year with the magnifying glass on the four of the term that ends. Few bridges between one and the other, as well as few messages above the partisans.
Pedro Martín focused his speech on “joint work with all the municipalities as the axis that has supported the insular policy of this mandate, a greater collaboration than ever that has resulted in plans for employment, promotion of social action and new investments. The president of the Cabildo reviewed the management carried out with a wealth of data and highlighted the progress achieved in employment, social action, waste management, purification and regeneration of wastewater, as well as the improvement of public services for all citizens of Tenerife. With an “unprecedented territorial balance”.
Martín indicated that the Municipal Cooperation program has been financially strengthened, with an increase of 25% for the period 2022-2025, while new lines of collaboration have been opened, such as the Insular Plan for priority works, which has benefited 17 municipalities on the island with 43 performances; Playground improvement plan; or the Accessibility Improvement Plan for historical complexes that in the period 2022-2026 will reach actions for more than 18 million.
The president also addressed the work carried out to improve the management of the Cabildo itself and its public sector. He also valued the comprehensive assistance office for municipalities.
After making a broad assessment of social action, in terms of employment and socioeconomic development, Martín assured that until 2022 54.4 million euros have been allocated in direct and indirect aid, given 13,078 aids to SMEs and the self-employed and protected 2,751 jobs. In addition, the continuity of the Neighborhoods for Employment program, one of the “positives” of the previous mandate. Quite the opposite of Ansina, the oldest, who was eliminated and again the subject of controversy with Canarian Coalition. citizens and, of course, the PSOE in the voices of Enrique Arriaga and Javier Rodríguez Medina – witty in his reference to Otto Von Bismarck – moved in the same line of discourse. Zaida gonzalez (People’s Party) was very incisive in its criticism of what has been done or better than what (a lot) the insular government has failed to do.
The spokesman for the Canary Islands Coalition, Carlos Alonso, appeared somewhat subdued, in political withdrawal and tried to be conciliatory. He sentenced between references to the philosopher Bertrand Russell, qualified by the island president, that “Tenerife is no better than four years ago with more poverty.” He influenced the mismanagement of the PSOE.
Everything as planned in the Debate on the state of the Island.
