SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 5 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The President of the Government of the Canary Islands, Ángel Víctor Torres, announced on Tuesday the preparation of an “imminent” legislative norm for the central government to approve the recovery of the maritime transport bonus for non-residents, in line with what was approved last year. past the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife for travelers moving from Tenerife to the ‘green islands’.
In response to a question from ASG in the control session of Parliament, he said that the royal decree-law of measures against the war includes other measures that, without being specifically applicable to the islands, affect the Canary Islands, such as the discount of 20 cents per liter of fuel, the 2% cap on the growth of rental prices, a line of aid for taxi drivers or carriers or the 15% rise in the Minimum Vital Income and that will serve to “partially alleviate” the famine of the shopping cart.
The ASG spokesman, Casimiro Curbelo, supports the royal decree-law but believes that it is “insufficient” to deal with the problems of the Canary Islands, because although “it is good” that there is an 80% reduction in ship fees and a 100% % to goods “connectivity remains to be seen, which is essential to maintain tourist flows, so airport taxes must be taken into account”.
He has described as “reasonable” the reduction of 20 cents per liter of fuel and the refund of the fuel tax by the Canarian Government, as well as the increase in the IMV or the electricity bonus “but more is needed for the Canary Islands” since If this upward trend in prices continues, the recipients of PCI and non-contributory pensions “are the ones who are going to have a worse time.”
Likewise, he has demanded that “at once” measures be taken to curb the rise in fuel prices in the ‘green islands’.
