The Insular Board of Directors of the Popular Party meeting this Tuesday in Santa Cruz de Tenerife has appointed the former mayor of Puerto de la Cruz, Lope Afonso, as general coordinator of the popular parties on the island.
The president of the PP in Tenerife, Emilio Navarro, praised Afonso’s political career and highlighted the consensus around his figure.
Afonso began his career in the New Generations of the PP in 1998 and, from 2011 to 2015, he was third deputy mayor and councilor for Economic Development and Commerce of the Puerto de la Cruz City Council, until in 2015 he became mayor obtaining the best result in the history of the PP in your city.
In 2019 he was head of the list for the Cabildo de Tenerife but months after the elections he left the corporation and his political career after being convicted of prevarication by authorizing two craft markets without the relevant administrative procedure.
In May of last year, the Provincial Court upheld his appeal and annulled the sentence of nine years of disqualification.
“We are a little over a year away from the local and regional elections, so it is necessary not only to start outlining strategies but, most importantly, to have the best,” the party said on Tuesday.
In this transition period, Lope Afonso will know the concerns of the different local committees of the PP in a period of listening to public officials and militancy in the different municipalities to articulate the strategy for the next local elections, concludes the training.
