The General Director of Territorial Planning of the Government of the Canary Islands, Sulbey González, assures that after the constitution of the Management Consortium of the Chinijo Archipelago, in Lanzarote, the inhabitants of these islets will be able to carry out administrative procedures in La Graciosa.
The constitution of this body will avoid, among other things, that the inhabitants of this area of the Canary Archipelago have to move to Lanzarote, Gran Canaria or Tenerife to "solve bureaucratic problems". This was explained this noon by González, at the end of the meeting held this morning in the capital of Gran Canaria, and which was attended by institutions and groups from Lanzarote.
Present at this meeting were a delegation of residents and groups from La Graciosa, as well as representatives of the municipalities of Haría, Tinajo, Teguise and Arrecife, and of the Island Council of Lanzarote. The purpose of the meeting was to continue with the elaboration of the articles of the Statute, whose completion is scheduled for the meeting to be held on July 29 in Teguise.
Once the statutes have been agreed upon, and after their elevation to the Governing Council, this management system will come into operation and will allow the integral administration of the permitted uses of the Protected Natural Space, in a regime of inter-administrative cooperation between citizens, the Government of the Canary Islands, the affected municipalities, the General State Administration and environmental groups, which will allow the residents of this Island "to have a very direct representation of their interests, and voice and vote in everything that is done there, and becoming main actors in the conservation of the ecosystem in which they live, so their demands will have an immediate response, whether sanitary, educational, social or of any other type".
Annulment of articles 15 and 49
At the meeting, which was also attended by the owners of the islet of Alegranza, the ruling of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC) was also discussed, which restores the rights of the owners of the islet of Alegranza, annulling articles 15 and 49 of the Governing Plan for Use and Management of the Protected Natural Space. On this aspect, González stated that said judicial resolution "not only affects Alegranza, but also the use of the rest of the islets of the Chinijo Archipelago, so the Government of the Canary Islands will try to reach an agreement with these owners, regardless of whether we appeal said ruling".
The Chinijo Archipelago is home to 75 percent of the endemic flora of Lanzarote, encompasses the island of La Graciosa, the islets of Alegranza and Montaña Clara, the Roque del Infierno and the Roque del Este, and the marine area between these islets and the northern coast of Lanzarote.
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