This Saturday, September 20, the headquarters of Lanzarote En Pie (LEP) in Valterra hosted the celebration of the Island Congress of the party, a key meeting to consolidate its political structure and reinforce its commitment to the construction of a municipalist left alternative on the island.
The LEP membership supported the continuity of Leticia Padilla at the head of the island coordination, ratifying her as the political head of the project. In addition, the new Island Coordination Council was formed, an executive body whose main task will be to promote the political and organizational action of the party.
Likewise, the political documents that give identity and structure to the organization were approved, the statutory framework was updated and the resolutions that will mark the roadmap for the 2025–2029 cycle were defined.
“The resolutions we approve are not simple declarations, but immediate commitments that guide our action and mark the next collective steps”, said Leticia Padilla.
Lanzarote En Pie thus consolidates its commitment to defending the right to housing in the face of runaway touristification, with free, quality public services, and with the protection of the territory against the speculative and predatory model that threatens ecosystems and living conditions on the island.
The approved resolutions also advocate for a just ecosocial transition, which puts collective well-being above private business, and for a political model based on permanent sovereignty, community roots and self-government as a form of democratic resistance against centralization and authoritarianism.
Likewise, structural feminism, care, critical Canarian identity, popular memory or the defense of the rights of migrants are also at the center of the political project, as essential pillars to build a just, plural and cohesive community.
From the organization they indicate that the approved resolutions “are not limited to marking general lines, but clearly express LEP's will to intervene in the great political and social conflicts that cross the island”.
They also highlight the commitment to work for the reconstruction of the political space of the island's left. An objective that the organization assumes “with responsibility, betting on dialogue, collaboration and unity in the fight against the advance of neo-fascism and the authoritarian far right".
“LEP thus reaffirms itself as an organized, coherent force, willing to join efforts to strengthen the progressive space of the island and provide an organized response to the social and political challenges that lie ahead”, they maintain from the party.
Leticia Padilla stressed the need to consolidate an organization “strong, ethical and transparent, capable of relating to social movements and disputing the common space from a clear, direct and transformative political communication”.
Finally, from LEP they maintain that after this Congress they will “reaffirm its role as a transformative project, rooted in the island and with a clear political proposal to build community, defend rights and consolidate a strong, brave island left with a vocation for government”.