The former Podemos councilors in the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Griselda Martínez, Pablo Ramírez and Carlos Meca, together with other former members of the purple formation such as the former councilor of Arrecife Daniel Cabecera, have promoted the new Cultural and Ecological Association El Correíllo. The objective, according to its president, Griselda Martínez, is "to continue defending the general interest, now from civil society."
"Many of the issues we addressed in the four years of institutional activity remain unresolved," says Martínez. "We still do not have urban planning that allows us to face the challenges of the future and without an alternative economic model that helps alleviate situations such as those we have to face in the present," she adds.
The new association has also set as one of the main objectives of its activity the water situation on the island. "It was one of our great battle horses and it will continue to be. The awarding of the management of the integral water cycle to Canal Gestión Lanzarote constitutes one of the darkest episodes of political management in recent decades, and the Cabildo still does not promote the Timanfaya aquifer project, which could provide quality water to the countryside and reduce the cost of production and sale of drinking water. The passivity that the first island institution continues to show with a topic that could be decisive for the island is incomprehensible," says the vice president of El Correíllo, Carlos Meca.
The group has adopted its name from the ships that for decades linked the Canary Islands and that meant a huge change in the connectivity of Lanzarote with the rest of the archipelago. "The correíllos were decisive for the development of the island. They transported passengers, goods, mail, water... they allowed the island to connect with the world to promote necessary progress. Today we still need that connection with the rest of the planet to be able to respond to problems that are no longer just local, such as climate change or the exhaustion of the current global economic model," details the president of El Correíllo, Griselda Martínez.
