Coalición Canaria (CC) in Arrecife has sent a letter to its general secretary, Pedro San Ginés, in which it expresses the municipal group's deep dissatisfaction with the Partido Popular (PP) due to various breaches of agreements reached in the Governing Pact Committee. This was first reported by the outlet Últimas Noticias Canarias.
According to the document, which the newspaper has had access to, this situation would be generating a "political and institutional wear and tear" that, in the opinion of the nationalist party, must be urgently addressed within the pact that supports the municipal government of the Lanzarote capital.
Among the most sensitive matters included in the document is the investigation opened by the Prosecutor's Office of Arrecife into several municipal contracts, including those corresponding to Navilan 2023 and 2024, the 2024 Carnivals, and the April Fair of the same year. "We must point out that several files are currently under investigation by the Prosecutor's Office, and others that we have already brought to light are susceptible to it," warns CC, which adds that it will expand on this information when the Pact Table is convened.
This communication, dated December 16, is part of a preliminary phase of file analysis following the submission of a complaint related to said contracts.
Another of the points of friction highlighted by Coalición Canaria is the loss of more than 12 million euros from the Cabildo of Lanzarote that the Arrecife City Council had received. According to the nationalist group, this situation is "attributable to the lack of management in certain municipal areas under the direction of the Popular Party," an issue they believe should also have political consideration within the pact.
Likewise, the document alludes to the tension between the mayor of Arrecife, Yonathan de León, and the general secretary of the PP, María Jesús Tovar. In this context, they recall the case opened in the Court of Auditors that points to Tovar as allegedly responsible, along with Eva de Anta and Victoria Sande, for an alleged accounting shortfall of 88,000 euros in public funds during her time as councilor for Social Welfare between 2019 and 2023.
Coalición Canaria expresses particular concern about the mayor's decision to involve Arrecife City Council in said legal proceedings, despite the existence, according to them, of municipal legal reports concluding there is no accounting liability. "Consequently, the closure of proceedings has not been requested," they emphasize in the document.
All of this has led the municipal group of CC to express its concern over the "various breaches of the commitments made at the first Pact Meeting", requesting a meeting with Pedro San Ginés to analyze the situation and clarify discrepancies that, as they acknowledge, put the stability of the government agreement between Coalición Canaria and the Popular Party in the Arrecife City Council at risk.