The Yaiza City Council will take the "forced eviction" of Kikoland to the Plenary, although the mayor has warned that it will be done "without haste" and "with great caution". "In order not to make any kind of mistake or rush," Óscar Noda specified.
For now, after the Supreme Court's ruling dated November 11, in which Juan Francisco Rosa's last appeal to avoid eviction was rejected, Noda has stated that last Thursday he met with the technicians and lawyers of the City Council and that the first thing the City Council has done is to send the documentation to the Land Registry. "Because right now, if a registry certification were requested, the property would belong to the City Council, but the use and enjoyment would belong to the company. So, that is what is now understood that the registrar has to remove, to change, due to that ruling," he explained.
"So, we are going to wait and see what they respond and from there a plenary session would be convened to initiate that forced eviction, but, I repeat, it is not from today to tomorrow. That takes its time and its deadlines, although of course we will continue to advance in what the regulations and the procedure itself dictate," Noda added.
Specifically, according to the mayor, once it is taken to the Plenary, Juan Francisco Rosa must be given a period of 30 days to voluntarily vacate the public land occupied by Kikoland and, if he does not proceed to do so, it must be taken back to the plenary. "And he is given another seven days and from there is when we could access," said the mayor of Yaiza, who also pointed out that he understands that "in all those periods there may be some type of allegation or appeal," which would further delay the process.
"It is true that these are issues that we want to do with great caution, with great care, with the appropriate steps that have to be taken so as not to make any kind of mistake or rush due to haste," said Óscar Noda, who nevertheless insisted that "the City Council is not standing idly by."
The cessation of activity as a precautionary measure is not being considered for now
Regarding whether the cessation of Kikoland's activity could be decreed as a precautionary measure, the mayor of Yaiza pointed out that "that will be defined by the procedure and the lawyers will see it," although for the moment they have not considered taking any steps to prevent the businessman from continuing to profit from the illegal exploitation of that land. "For now they have not told me anything about it. What we are doing is facing that eviction and, I repeat, with the deadlines and as the procedure is carried out. That is already being studied and for the moment we will address it that way, through that route," he said.
Óscar Noda also stated that, once he recovers the land occupied by Kikoland, the City Council's objective will be to "put it to the enjoyment of the residents," although it has not yet been decided in what way. "The truth is that we are now focused on the eviction," said the mayor of Yaiza, who pointed out that when "it is already in the possession of the City Council," we will see "how it is managed."
