The PIL will hold a political council after the elections to define the future of the party's leadership. Manuel Cabrera hopes that "this does not mean the loss of either the president or the historical leader."
Four days before the general elections, the rope that the president of the Independents of Lanzarote Party, Antonio Hernández, and its historical leader, Dimas Martín, have been pulling for months has broken. Sources close to the party assure that Martín expressed this Monday his disagreement with respect to the direction established by Hernández and distanced himself from the party, from the line it is following and especially from the electoral alliance with Coalición Canaria, in an informal meeting that brought together the leaders of the formation.
Members participating in the meeting, held in a restaurant in Costa Teguise, state that Dimas Martín pointed out that he "does not agree with the lines of action that his party is currently following." A position that, according to those same members of the PIL, is supported by the local committees of the party. And although they recognize that Dimas Martín participated in the negotiations of the pact with CC, "one thing is what was said and another is what is being done." And the exchange of accusations escalated in the meeting when Dimas Martín was reproached for having participated in the formalization of the agreement with Coalición Canaria.
Meanwhile, other members of the PIL, such as Severiano Reverón himself, who occupies the second position on the joint list to Congress with CC, expressed his surprise at the criticisms of the party's historical leader to this alliance. "I don't understand why he says that. I will do what the party says, but for me this is new because Dimas Martín was the signatory of that pact," Reverón acknowledged.
For his part, the spokesperson for the PIL, Manuel Cabrera, has confirmed that there have always been positions against the pact. In fact, during the campaign events, the absence of prominent members of the formation has fueled speculation. Only Antonio Hernández and Reverón himself, as a candidate, have been faithful to almost all the appointments, while the absence of the sector closest to Dimas Martín was noticeable.
The spokesperson for the PIL anticipates that after the elections, a Political Council will be held where "the differences, the complaints that exist will be exposed and debated in depth," among other issues, the presidency of the party that now falls on Antonio Hernández, who will have to verify the real support he has within the ranks.
For its part, Coalición Canaria prefers not to speak publicly until there is an official pronouncement by the insular party.
The PIL without Dimas Martín
The historical leader presented his resignation from the organic positions of the party last July. According to Manuel Cabrera, it is not possible for him to resign from the formation since he is a founding member, so the distancing that Dimas Martín has starred in is relative "to the influence he has, the guidelines he sets and the advice" he provides to his ranks.
In this sense, Cabrera assures that he does not "imagine that Dimas Martín will stop counting in the PIL, although he insists that on the other hand the historical leader has expressed his desire to "give way to the new generations."
In any case, the spokesperson for the PIL trusts that the differences will be resolved in the next Political Council and hopes that this reaction from Dimas Martín "does not mean losses of either the president or Dimas himself."
The crisis erupts
For months, divisions have been hovering over the insular formation and sources close to the party have dropped the tensions, increasingly greater, between the president of the party and Dimas Martín, who has decided to take the first step, disassociating himself from the current path of his party.
