The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Rosa Davilasigned on Monday afternoon the organizational decree of the different areas of the island corporation for the next four years. So, the new organizational structure for the period 2023-2027 will be distributed in 11 areasincluding the one that will be managed directly by the president herself, which are those of the Treasury and Equality.
Rosa Dávila will be the president and will have Lope Afonso (PP) as first vice president, while José Miguel Ruano (CC) and José Carlos Acha (PP) will be second and third vice presidents, respectively.
The area that Dávila will assume directly is that of the Presidency, which includes Equality and Diversity, as well as the Treasury and Strategic Projects. For his part, Lope Afonso, in addition to that first vice presidency, will be in charge of managing the area of Tourism, Foreign Action and Institutional Relations.
José Miguel Ruano will be the Island Councilor for the Presidency, Administration and Public Service, Territorial Planning and Historical Heritage. Within this area, María Candelaria Padrón (CC) will be a director with a special delegation for Citizen Attention and Quality of Services.
For her part, Águeda Fumero (PP) will be the Island Councilor for Social Action, Inclusion and Volunteering, which entails managing the Institute for Social and Socio-Health Care (IASS).
Blanca Pérez (CC) will act as the Island Councilor for the Natural Environment, Sustainability, Security and Emergencies, leaving areas such as the rural parks of Anaga and Teno or the plans against forest fires under her responsibility.
Manuel Fernández (PP) will be Island Councilor for Industry, Commerce, the Primary Sector and Animal Welfare. Within the area, his party partner, Valentín González, will be a counselor with the special delegation of the Primary Sector and Animal Welfare, with competences in Agriculture, Agri-food Industries, Agricultural Extension, Rural Infrastructure, Livestock and Fisheries.
For her part, Krysten Martín (PP) will be a director with the special delegation of Commerce and Business Support. This implies competences in the promotion and studies related to economic sectors of island interest, also with the promotion and development of trade, business advice and promotion and development of activities in terms of quality and consumption.
The Mobility area will be led by the insular councilor María Eulalia García (CC), while the former nationalist councilor of Santa Cruz, Dámaso Arteaga, will be the councilor with the special delegation of Highways. This separation of powers will allow Arteaga to focus on activities related to the maintenance of island roads, while the head of the Mobility area is in charge of leading the meetings to find solutions to the queues suffered by the island of Tenerife, and that the president has promised to “relieve” with the first measures in 90 days.
For his part, José Carlos Acha (PP) is the island councilor for the area of Culture, Museums and Sports, with the Auditorio de Tenerife, the TEA and the rest of the cultural spaces managed by the Cabildo being under his management. His party partner, Yolanda Moliné, will be a counselor with a Sports delegation.
Efraín Medina (CC) has been appointed island councilor for the Employment, Education and Youth area, an area in which he will have the collaboration of Serafín Mesa, who will be a councilor with the special delegation for Training and Youth, and will manage the network Youth Houses or hostels and youth camps.
The nationalist Juan Manuel Acosta will be a counselor with the special delegation of Education for prevention.
Finally, Sonia Hernández will be Island Councilor for Municipal Cooperation and Housing, while Juan José Martínez will act as Island Councilor for Research, Innovation and Development. The latter will be responsible for managing entities such as ITER, the Science and Technology Park, or the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC).
First measures in mobility
The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, after the plenary session in which she took office, did not evade one of her main electoral promises, that of “alleviating” the queues on the roads of Tenerife in 90 days. Dávila defended that the pact signed with the PP already contains a series of measures “that we are going to put into practice immediately to address the challenges that this island has.” In this sense, she defended that “I have said it in the campaign, and it is one of the great challenges, trying to alleviate, alleviate, mitigate the traffic situation, the queues on the island of Tenerife. For this we are going to get down to work to work with experts, also with economic agents, with the ULL, educational centers, and especially with heavy vehicles ”, she pointed out.
Dávila advanced that the first measure will be the creation of a working group that immediately begins to take measures in such a way that in 90 days, “which was my personal commitment to the citizens of Tenerife” measures can be taken “to the extent as possible to alleviate the situation of chaos and collapse on the roads.
The president admitted that this summer there will be no vacation for her, nor for any of her advisers because they will get to work immediately.
