The PSOE spokesperson in the Cabildo de Tenerife, Pedro Martín, has accused the corporation’s president, Rosa Dávila, of holding onto her tendency to “make numerous announcements” to maintain her position, without achieving genuine progress.
During his address at the annual plenary debate on the state of the island, Pedro Martín stated that most projects the Cabildo president showcases as her own were initiated by the previous socialist government.
“The mobility plan currently being implemented, alongside the demand-responsive transport and the guaguas that this government is taking credit for, were commissioned in the prior mandate,” he emphasised.
Pedro Martín asserted that nearly two years into this administration, there have been no tangible advancements, merely an abundance of “hollow promises” and “ads and more ads.”
The Christian spokesperson cited an example where he claimed “nothing has been accomplished.”
Martín reminded Dávila that she had promised measures to alleviate traffic congestion within her first 90 days in office, yet “none of the announced initiatives are in progress” such as ticket and exit arrangements at major workplaces, increasing school transport, decentralising council services, reorganising heavy vehicle circulation, or adapting the University of La Laguna’s schedules.
“None of these measures have materialised,” stated Martín, pointing out that the project at the Father Anchieta roundabout was initiated two mandates ago by Carlos Alonso and completed by the PSOE in the preceding one.
Regarding dependency issues, he chastised Dávila for promising 2,800 new socio-health placements, yet “not a single one has been added.”
He also referenced the sanitation project for the Garden beach as another instance where “nothing has been achieved.”
Concerning access fees in the Teide National Park, he indicated that they were supposed to be implemented on January 1, which has not occurred. As for Masca, he remarked that there was already an organised visits service, while the reorganisation of access to the Anaga Rural Park remains outstanding and will arise due to local residents’ pressure.
It took four months to declare a water emergency, measures for integrating young people into the agricultural sector have not been implemented, and the renovation works at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium have yet to commence, remarked Pedro Martín, referencing other promises he believes have been broken.
He also accused Rosa Dávila of politically exploiting the institution to promote her party, the Canarian coalition.
“She utilises the council’s resources to promote the Canarian coalition,” described how it is “a continuous campaign financed with public funds,” said Martín, who urged the president to allocate her party’s money.
