The PSOE of Tenerife unanimously approved this Saturday, March 19, the management of Peter Martin as general secretary of the party on the island. The first day of its XVII Insular Congress, which was held at the Hotel Mencey, in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and which began half an hour late, hosted the presentation of the management report of the outgoing executive of the PSOE of Tenerife in charge of the organization secretary, joseph tableand the Island Secretary General of the PSOE, Pedro Martín. A first act in which all the participants highlighted the unity with which the Socialist Party of Tenerife reaches this moment, which they took advantage of to conspire to revalidate the governments they had at the beginning of this mandate and those they achieved (Cabildo, for example).
With Theresa Cruz presiding over the Table, among the interventions of the opening day, the organizational secretary of the PSOE Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Patricia Hernández, assured that in recent years its training has taken on “very complex challenges”, such as the pandemic and, even, the volcano of the island of La Palma. “We have been with the citizens when they have needed us the most, putting their interests ahead of all our decisions,” she clarified.
The organizing secretary of the PSOE Canarias, Nira Fierro, recognized the work of the party on the Island and, focused on thanking that effort, reviewed the presence of its formation in each and every one of the administrations of Tenerife. In fact, she was the only voice that referred to Arona to predict that it is a place where “we will also recover.” In her opinion, the PSOE “is the only one that understands the distribution of resources in a balanced way on the Island as a real commitment.”
“The PSOE is the only one that understands the distribution of resources in a balanced way on the Island as a real commitment”
During his speech, MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar explained that “the most important thing” is that citizens find in the Socialists “a reliable party”, especially in a context in which “the extreme right poses a threat like never before.” I had known in the democratic stage”. He pointed out as its allies both the Popular Party and the Canarian Coalition.
Among the guests were trade union organizations. The Secretary of Organization of the UGT Canarias, Héctor Fajardo, highlighted the historical links between the two organizations. “We like this Socialist Party, because it has recovered the social dialogue between business and union organizations and it is to be appreciated that they have been its promoters.” In addition, he recalled “the courage” of the PSOE “to legislate a new labor reform.” For his part, the general secretary of the CCOO Canarias, Inocencio González, highlighted the socialist unity in Tenerife to refer to it as a commitment that, in his opinion, should be translated “for the benefit of the citizenry”.
Tomorrow, Sunday, March 20, the closing of the XVII Insular Congress of the PSOE of Tenerife is scheduled to begin at 12:00, with the intervention of Héctor Gómez, deputy for Santa Cruz de Tenerife and spokesman for the PSOE in Congress; Angel Victor Torres, president of the Government of the Canary Islands and general secretary of the PSOE Canarias; and Pedro Martín, president of the Cabildo de Tenerife and general secretary of the PSOE Tenerife.
