Canarian Coalition and Partido Popular have signed this Saturday morning the Governance Agreement for the Stability and Promotion of Santa Cruz de Tenerifewhich will convert, once again, the nationalist Jose Manuel Bermudez in mayor of the capital of Tenerife and to the popular Carlos Tarifefirst deputy mayor.
This agreement supposes the continuity of the one signed on June 26, 2020 by nationalists and popular, after the presentation of a motion of censure to the socialist Patricia Hernandezwhich despite winning these last elections, has not been able to form a majority.
After signing the agreement, José Manuel Bermúdez stressed that it is the “best deal for and for Santa Cruz de Tenerife”. He said that CC and PP have guaranteed stability and provided certainty and moderation in the City Council, adding that this government pact will allow “giving a new impetus to the city.”
José Manuel Bermúdez hoped that this agreement between the Canary Islands Coalition and the Popular Party would also have a projection in other institutions such as the Government of the Canary Islands and the Cabildo de Tenerife because, according to what he stated, “we intend to recover the investment that was denied to us by of the Socialist Party”.
In addition, He wanted to make it clear that it is not among his plans, “neither in the short, nor in the medium, nor in the long term” to leave the City Council in the next four yearsafter it was suggested that he could run in the next general elections as the head of the list of the Canary Islands Coalition for Congress.
In any case, he did point out that if for some extraordinary reason he had to leave the Mayor’s Office, he will have to resort to the pact table so that the appropriate political decisions are made, although he reiterated that it is not in his plans to leave the Mayor’s Office.
For his part, Carlos Tarife wanted to remember that he already said in the campaign that the PP was not going to agree with the left in Santa Cruzwhich has prevented an agreement with the PSOE, which obtained ten councillors. In addition, he understands that in recent years many policies have been promoted by the government group and he hopes that, from now on, other administrations will have more complicity with the pending issues in the city.
Carlos Tarife also highlighted that we are facing a “solid” agreement based on seven axes in which the Popular Party will manage the following areas: Environmental Sustainability and Public Services, Animal Welfare, Strategic Planning, Urbanism, Development Society, Organization Autonomous Department of Culture and the Salud-La Salle and Ofra-Costa Sur districts.
