Coalición Canaria Lanzarote has asked that the citizen mobilization of this Saturday, April 20, convened in the eight Canary Islands, "stop being politicized", and recalls that the spirit of the same, "a firm commitment to sustainable tourism" is a "real" concern that the people of Lanzarote "have and have had throughout our history."
In this line, the island secretary, Migdalia Machín, emphasizes the commitment of the nationalist formation "to the concerns of the population and reaffirms the will to continue implementing concrete actions to address the challenges and concerns of Lanzarote and La Graciosa."
“We share the same concerns as the rest of the population and we are going to continue doing what we have to do as a government and others have not done: Act decisively and with a head and put in place the actions and measures necessary to respond to the challenges and concerns of our islands.”
In this sense, Machín assures that "in just nine months of management, very important achievements have been reached that highlight the commitment of Coalición Canaria Lanzarote to the sustainable development of the island and its determination to address the challenges effectively and responsibly."
Thus, among others, she highlights the approval of the commission to draft the Island Plan. “After years with the process paralyzed, we are finally moving forward with a key tool to control tourism growth, determine the island's carrying capacity and organize the territory,” she said.
The presentation of the draft of the Special Plan of La Geria, the reception of the ordinance that regulates sustainable energies, including photovoltaic and wind energy, or the online publication of the Governing Plan for Use and Management of the Chinijo Archipelago, “are also vital advances for Lanzarote and La Graciosa that we have achieved in less than a year of government.”
To this is added "the implementation of measures to regulate the influx of visitors in natural and protected spaces, with an upcoming control in the Volcán del Cuervo and Caldea Blanca, extending to other sensitive areas."
“We were the only island without an Environmental Assessment Body, but we already have this crucial instrument to speed up processes, and the draft of the Los Volcanes Natural Park will also be finalized shortly, which establishes the carrying capacity in trails and pre-park areas.”
To the list of advances, which Migdalia Machín attributes to Coalición Canaria, "in favor of sustainability", the nationalist leader adds "the unblocking of the San Bartolomé Wind Farm and the start by the Cabildo of the process of acquiring land and public housing in Arrecife and Yaiza, aimed at facilitating access to housing for many families."
The island secretary of the Lanzarote nationalists also adds the measures approved from the Government of the Canary Islands, also presided over by Coalición Canaria and the Popular Party, and which, in her opinion, "benefit the entire archipelago, such as: the Decree Law of Urgent Measures in terms of Housing, the Preliminary Draft Law on Sustainable Planning of the Tourist Use of Housing, the creation for the first time of a Vice-Ministry of Demographic Challenge, and the activation of article 74 of the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands, convening the conference of presidents (for the first time in history), precisely for issues such as water and energy crises, the management of tourist spaces, the depopulation of the green islands or the housing crisis. This table of presidents aims to create a working group also participated by civil society, to address the improvement of the tourism model."
“The work and the facts speak for themselves. When we came to the government there was nothing and in nine months we have put all the engines in motion obtaining vital results for the sustainability of Lanzarote and La Graciosa,” emphasizes Migdalia Machín.