The insularist formation criticizes how, with less than a year until the elections, "in Teguise one can no longer seriously speak of a governing group". In words from its executive through this press release, "what exists today is an administration trapped in its own lack of coordination, in the lack of communication between partners and in a way of governing based on putting out political fires one by one, instead of planning, cooperating and solving the real problems of the municipality".
“The most serious proof of that rupture has been given by the mayor herself, Olivia Duque, by publicly announcing that she is going to take the reins of the technical office, an area that corresponds to the Partido Popular and that is directed by the first deputy mayor, Rita Hernández,” explains Jonás Álvarez, president and councilor of PTG. “We are not facing a simple internal adjustment nor a gesture of leadership. We are facing the public confirmation that the pact is broken from within. Because when a mayor recognizes that she is going to intervene in an area of her government partner and also admits that this could have consequences for the pact, what she is saying without saying it is that there is no longer trust, nor coordination, nor common direction.”
From Primero Teguise they consider that "despite everything, this intervention arrives late, when the problem is no longer a specific traffic jam, but a recognized collapse." Rita Hernández has publicly maintained that the technical office needs more staff to be able to catch up. And, at the same time, the mayor maintains that the problem is not one of staff, but of organization. "That is to say: in the same governing group, on the same problem, two different and contradictory diagnoses are launched. And while some correct others in the media, the municipality continues to wait," she points out.
“If there is truly a lack of human resources, that is not resolved with crossed statements, but by urgently and coordinately activating the areas of Human Resources, Contracting, and Urban Planning. And if the problem is organizational, then what is due is to immediately approve an internal restructuring plan with responsible parties, deadlines, and measurable objectives. What cannot continue to happen is that two government partners mutually disauthorize each other while thousands of files continue to gather dust”, explains Álvarez.
"The data dismantle any attempt to disguise the situation. According to the information published about the technical office itself, Teguise drags 4,787 files in processing, with delays that in some procedures can reach up to four years. The service's own chief engineer recognizes that with the current personal and material means it is impossible to decongest the office," he assures.
The PTG councilor analyzes the seriousness of the situation: “We are facing an administrative paralysis with direct consequences for residents, businesses, developers and on the image of a city council that has stopped responding with the minimum required agility. The proposal cannot remain in patches: a real shock plan is needed for the technical office, with effective legal and technical reinforcement, a public calendar of objectives, monthly monitoring and mandatory coordination among all areas that depend on those files.”
From Primero Teguise they indicate that "they have been warning about the situation for a long time". According to the political party, "what happens today in the technical office is the result of years of improvisation, of half-hearted decisions and of an alarming lack of political leadership. Management was promised, stability was sold and governing capacity was boasted about".
“The reality is much less epic,” details Jonás Álvarez in this statement: “a pact that works by blows, areas that do not work together and public officials who seem to find out about the problems when they have already exploded. Stock phrases like taking the reins, like “we need more staff,” “now we are going to act”… all very solemn, yes, but it comes after almost 5,000 accumulated files. We enter a dynamic of paralysis that blocks licenses and urban planning procedures. Projects are stopped, works are eternalized, and the municipal capacity to execute strategic investments on time is weakened.”
From Primero Teguise they recall that among those stalled licenses and blocked projects, there are cases as striking as the new Nua Shopping Center, in which there has been no follow-up of the works on a license that was granted in 2022 with Olivia Duque being councilor of the technical office and which, presumably, will remain blocked for exceeding, supposedly 1,419.74 square meters on the upper floor and 270 square meters on the ground floor. Or the work on the preferred Guaguas stop which, although it is the responsibility of the Cabildo, remains closed due to the transfer of the land on which a playground and an amphitheater have been built between Cabildo and Ayuntamiento.
“There are, of course, countless cases. We can even ask the Government group about the famous 10 million investment for Costa Teguise with European funds, that more than 6 months have already passed and we have not seen a single project”, recalls the spokesperson for PTG, Jonás Álvarez.
In the islander formation they insist that "the lack of coordination between areas has been a proven reality for some time, and that one only has to pull from the archives to follow that thread that leads to what, according to Primero Teguise, is a permanent paralysis". "First it was Alejandro Ramírez. Then, Ginés González. Now, Rita Hernández and Olivia Duque. One conflict after another, one open front after another, one demonstration after another that such a pact has led the city council to resemble more a circus than a governing group. They go putting out fires as they explode in their faces. And that's not how a municipality is built. That's how wear and tear is managed. They have been telling us that they have spent 3 years planning and that now we will see the results. Well, for now, the results are what we see: ridiculousness, lack of coordination and paralysis", criticizes the President of PTG.
From Primero Teguise they insist that "the solution involves assuming responsibilities and changing methods". "It is necessary to seat Urbanismo, Recursos Humanos, Contratación and Alcaldía at the same permanent working table; establish a public shock plan; reinforce the collapsed departments with real resources; render accounts periodically; and return to the city council a culture of cooperation that is conspicuously absent today". “They have to see each other daily if they want this to improve. Let them not campaign with the paralysis of the municipality, when the only culprits are themselves,” Álvarez states.
