The former councilor of the Yaiza City Council, Javier Camacho, has denied in a "resounding and categorical" manner the accusations made by Óscar Noda and Unidos por Yaiza (UPY), categorically denying having impersonated any affiliate of the political party when he merely forwarded the letter signed by the 75 affiliates communicating their resignation from the party.
Camacho states with regard to the 75 registered resignations, "our resignation was carried out discreetly and it was the mayor who decided to give it repercussions in a clear attempt to discredit and intimidate me with false accusations, but he will have already realized that the 75 resignations are absolutely real and voluntary."
"75 people have resigned, all party affiliates, due to our disagreement with the way Unidos por Yaiza is run, whose decisions are made without consensus and unilaterally by Óscar Noda," stated the former councilor.
In this regard, Javier Camacho considers the "personalistic way" in which the decision to integrate UPY into the political federation Juntos por Lanzarote was made, without consulting the organization's internal bodies or the opinion of its affiliates, to be particularly serious.
"This is a decision of enormous political significance that was made without internal debate, without transparency, and without consulting the membership.
Many affiliates have felt completely sidelined from a project that was precisely born defending a different way of doing politics," he pointed out.
"I do not rule out taking legal action"
The former councilor also regrets that, far from acknowledging the existence of evident internal discontent, Óscar Noda has chosen to "try to discredit" those who have decided to leave the party.
Camacho also assured that he does not rule out taking legal action in response to the communication sent by the mayor of Yaiza, Oscar Noda, to all media outlets, in which he is accused of committing the crime of identity theft.
"I have been publicly accused of a serious offense, specifically identity theft of the 75 people who signed the document requesting resignation from the party, so I do not rule out being the one to end up reporting this fact."
Likewise, he recalled that the discontent within Unidos por Yaiza "is not something new or isolated," but rather a situation that has been occurring for years and that already caused the departure of other public officials and prominent members. "My own resignation from the councilor's seat in July 2024 was already motivated by deep internal disagreements."
“We are not the first to abandon this project due to disagreements with Óscar Noda's way of acting. In the last legislature, Jonathan Lemes left the government group, and in this legislature, Karina Centeno, who was the Councilor for Urban Planning of the Yaiza City Council, also did so, precisely because of her clear disagreement with the mayor's way of governing,” he recalled.
Camacho added that Karina Centeno "also resigned as a member and treasurer of Unidos por Yaiza," insisting that the continued departures of people linked to the project should lead the mayor to reflect.
“I wonder if Óscar Noda has not yet realized that something is not working well within the party given the discontent expressed by this massive number of members who represent approximately 50% of the total number of the party.”
Javier Camacho referred to the spirit for which the party was founded, which united all members of a government group, formed by a pact of three different political parties, and created a municipalist party to defend the interests of the residents of the municipality of Yaiza. "That spirit of union and common interest has given way to the interest of the aspirations of its current president and mayor of the southern municipality," Javier Camacho concluded.
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