The People’s Party of Tenerife, through its insular coordinator, Lope Afonso, has transferred the students of the University of La Laguna your proposal of Free public transport for university students. The Faculty of Economics of the ULL was the scene of this debate, in which, in addition, the councilors of the Cabildo Zaida González and Manuel Fernández participated. During the meeting, they advanced the students who will take the proposal for free public transport for university students – some 23,000 in Tenerife – to the Debate on the State of the Island that will be held at the end of this month.
Afonso defended the need to “implement transversal policies in the administrations that reflect the reality of young people.” The talk-colloquium was organized in collaboration with Nuevas Generaciones de Tenerife and the Libertad Estudiantes association. It was moderated by its representatives, Carla Guerrero and Brian Trujillo.
The popular moved to young people their proposal that the council study the feasibility of introducing free public transport for university students. The objective, in addition to promoting its use, is to contribute to the improvement of mobility on the Island, “one of the great problems that we Tenerife people suffer”. The insular government rejected the motion in the last plenary session. Now they will take it as a resolution proposal to the Debate on the State of the Island. Youth unemployment, aid through scholarships and the need to emigrate to integrate into the labor market were the main problems analyzed.
Lope Afonso was elected insular coordinator at the beginning of March and he has started a very active job that will take him until the local elections of 2023. In addition to this student forum, a few days ago he accompanied the insular president Emilio Navarro on a visit to Fepeco, the construction employer. The conclusion was to ask for more infrastructure “so that Tenerife regains competitiveness.”
The floating regasifier
The PP “demands leadership from the Cabildo so that Tenerife stops producing expensive and polluting energy.” The spokesman, Manuel Fernández, calls on the island government to abide by the plenary mandate, approved by a large majority at the proposal of the Popular Party, to recover the regasification project in Granadilla. The counselor will raise in the next plenary session what the official position will be regarding the possibility of implementing a floating regasification plant in Granadilla. Fernández questions the will of the island government to “fight against climate change”, when it bows to the dictates of the Government of the Canary Islands and does not lead a change in the energy model, despite the fact that Granadilla is one of the most polluting power plants in the Canary Islands. Spain.
