The platform Taxi yes Canary Islands will request by letter to the 31 municipalities of Tenerife that position themselves in favor of the collective in the face of “the risk situation” caused by the implementation of chauffeur-driven transport vehicles (VTC).
In a statement, the platform intends in this way for the municipalities to “officially position themselves whether or not they are in favor of defending and improving the taxi sector with all the measures and resources” made possible by Law 3/1991 on unfair competition.
They remember and value “the step” taken on August 7 by the mayors of Granadilla, Jennifer Miranda, of Arona, Fátima Lemes and of Guía de Isora, Ana Dorta, as well as the mayors of San Miguel, Arturo González, and Santiago del Teide, Emilio Navarro, after the meeting held with them.
But they demand that this support be translated into an official position that extends to the 31 municipalities of Tenerife to defend “en bloc” a “historic and relevant sector” in the island’s economy.
The platform asks “what legislative and political mechanisms” are going to be put in place in the different Canary Islands administrations to adapt Law 13/2007 on the Regulation of Road Transport in the Canary Islands to the new European doctrine, and how the town councils will do “to “that the adaptation of the law and its regulations is effective and efficient at a practical level.”
For the rest, Taxi Sí Canarias judges as “inadmissible” the statements in the parliamentary committee by the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Mobility, Pablo Rodríguez, in which, the platform emphasizes, he found himself “incapable” in this legislature of reaching an agreement between all parties involved “because of very important conflicting interests” with the VTC.
He also considers them “inappropriate” taking into account “the moment of danger” that the taxi sector is experiencing and that “they facilitate the entry of this type of disruptive multinationals” in the Canary Islands “by lacking a solid law, appropriate to the law and the new European doctrines.
The platform urges the counselor “to rectify, get to work and establish a roadmap with his president” so that the islands are provided with “a legal framework that gives clear and effective instructions” to councils and city councils. to defend ourselves and improve the taxi sector.”
