The Popular Party of Lanzarote presented this Saturday the candidates for the different municipalities of the island and the Cabildo, supported by the regional president and candidate for the presidency of the Government of the Canary Islands, Manuel Domínguez, and the executive secretary of Health and vice president of the Congress of Deputies, Ana Pastor.
In a packed Civic Center, the Populars made it "very clear that they have a team, a project and a very clear plan to govern and manage the problems that concern the citizens of Lanzarote, La Graciosa and the Canary Islands."
In their speeches, the different candidates for the mayoralties of Haría, Tinajo, Yaiza, San Bartolomé, Tías and Teguise expressed "their willingness to lead the change demanded by their neighbors with solvent and capable governments to build 'together' a map of leading municipalities in public services, social policies and economic development."
The candidate for the presidency of the Cabildo, Jacobo Medina, "vindicated the management of the Popular Party for local institutions and for a cabildo where the presidencies of CC and the Socialist Party are a permanent synonym of "no": No to the PIOL; to the La Geria Plan; to the PRUG of La Graciosa; to the Senior Citizens' Residence; or No to raising their voice in the face of the phenomenon of immigration, the systematic mistreatment in terms of roads or the persistent delays in health and education."
Jacobo Medina assured that as of May 28, "we are going to say yes to territorial planning, to the use and management of the Chinijo Archipelago, to the university campus, to more socio-health places of high requirement, to the island agricultural market, to the health, educational and road infrastructures that correspond to us. As of May 28, the citizens will say yes to the Popular Party."
As island president, Astrid Pérez expressed the "pride" she feels for each and every one of her colleagues and candidates of the Popular Party for the local elections on May 28.
"We are a great team in a great party, and once again we are going to give it our all so that the citizens of each municipality continue to be proud of us and of the project we represent," said Pérez, who insisted that "when the PP governs we have always made it clear with our work and management that our maximum and only commitment is to the people and their well-being."
Astrid Pérez acknowledged that this "clear and transparent" commitment is what has led her to assume again the responsibility of being able to continue representing Arrecife and its citizens as mayor of the city.
"Trust us, we do deliver"
The candidate for re-election pointed out that despite all the difficulties of finding a dismantled town hall, "it is not time to throw in the towel but to fight for an absolute majority to have full freedom and complete the project we have started and of which there is still much to do."
"We started building from scratch what others destroyed and today we can say that Arrecife is moving forward with a firm step," stressed Astrid Pérez, who also wanted to highlight the role of the town hall during the pandemic, "for the hundreds of families who, when they needed us, had us by their side, making the greatest economic and social effort in the history of Arrecife," and which has culminated in the launch of the social canteen.
During her speech, Pérez stated that "where others put words, the PP puts solutions" and highlighted the main advances experienced by the city during these four years and that have allowed it to have "more and better municipal services", as well as taking decisive steps with the transfer of land for the construction of 400 social housing units and the future Argana health center. "We cannot go back now that Arrecife is beginning to take off economically and offer new business and job creation opportunities," defended Astrid Pérez, "and that is why we are going to continue to claim our status as capital and our rights as the third capital of the Canary Islands," defended Astrid Pérez.
"Recovering the image and prestige of the Canary Islands"
The president of the Popular Party of the Canary Islands and candidate for the Presidency of the Autonomous Government, Manuel Domínguez, assured that the Canary Islands "is breathing a change of air, because we are the party of management, of trust, which adds wills, which does not divide, which does not point the finger at anyone, an integrating party that rewards capacity and fights for real equality, without appropriating any movement, without hijacking feminism, without allowing fights for the struggle for the rights of all."
Domínguez denounced once again that in recent years "the Canary Islands has suffered a victimizing government that has tried to take advantage of the problems, the catastrophes, the suffering of the islanders with the aim of giving pity and hiding its inability to manage." To hide that 4 million euros have been lost in the purchase of fake masks from a vehicle trading company, to hide that in the warehouses of our hospitals there are 3 million units of expired sanitary material, to hide their disastrous management in the social sphere.
In this regard, the leader of the Populars in the Archipelago stated that "the Government presided over by Torres, which has defined itself as the most social in history, has failed. Its social shield does not exist, and there are the figures of thousands of Canarians who are on the verge of poverty and social exclusion," he commented.
On the other hand, the popular president insisted on the "need" to clarify everything surrounding the so-called "Mediator case", "the biggest case of alleged corruption in the Canary Islands, which was born within the Socialist Party and within the Government itself."
"The PP is here to put an end to this stage of mistakes and mismanagement. As of May 28, the Canary Islands will regain the prestige and image that have been taken from us. May gives us an opportunity to demonstrate that we are prepared, united, that we have a great plan to govern. When we arrive at the Government we are aware that the situation we will find will be complicated and difficult, but we will provide solutions to the problems."
The candidate for the presidency of the Cabildo, Jacobo Medina, vindicated the management of the Popular Party for local institutions and for a cabildo where the presidencies of CC and the Socialist Party are a permanent synonym of "no": NO to the PIOL; to the La Geria Plan; to the PRUG of La Graciosa; to the Senior Citizens' Residence; or NO to raising their voice in the face of the phenomenon of immigration, the systematic mistreatment in terms of roads or the persistent delays in health and education.
"The islands will continue to be part of the priorities of Feijoó's future government"
For her part, the executive vice-secretary of Health of the PP and vice-president of the Congress of Deputies, Ana Pastor, highlighted the "good management" that the mayoress of the Lanzarote capital, Astrid Pérez, has been carrying out, who "has managed to transform the city, something that the residents perceive." "It is a clear example of how the Popular Party governs, attending to the real needs of the citizens, creating opportunities for the municipality, guaranteeing the present and future of Arrecife," she said.
Pastor also highlighted the "commitment" of the PP with the Canary Islands, "because the Islands are part of the agenda of priorities of the party, something that we have already demonstrated during the Government presided over by Mariano Rajoy." In this sense, she recalled some of the actions carried out in the Archipelago by the last central Executive of the PP.
Finally, Ana Pastor indicated that governing for the citizens is the objective of the PP, "a party that has a project for Lanzarote and the rest of the Islands. For this we have the best candidates for the town councils, cabildos and Government of the Canary Islands, all united around the project that President Alberto Núñez Feijóo has for Spain."
