The PSOE of Tinajo asks to paralyze the ZAR in Lanzarote until there is an agreement between administrations

The Socialist Group in the Tinajo City Council has presented a motion to the municipal plenary to demand that the Government of the Canary Islands and the Cabildo of Lanzarote halt the processing of Renewable Acceleration Zones on the island until there is a clear and consensual agreement with the island and local administrations.

The socialist initiative defends the need to promote renewable energies in Lanzarote, but from maximum institutional consensus and with special attention to the role of city councils, as administrations closest to the citizens and with direct knowledge of the territorial, landscape, and environmental reality of each municipality.

The spokesperson for the Socialist Group in Tinajo, Begoña Hernández, stressed that "the PSOE does not question the need to move towards a cleaner and more sustainable energy model, but it does question the way this process is being managed in Lanzarote."

"Renewables are essential, but they cannot be implemented through improvisation, institutional confusion, and a lack of agreement with the territory. The energy transition cannot be done behind the backs of the municipalities," stated Hernández.

The motion recalls that the ZAR protocol in Lanzarote has generated significant institutional conflict between the Government of the Canary Islands and the island's Cabildo in recent months, with contradictory versions regarding the scope of the agreement, the maps, the affected area, and possible errors detected in the documentation.

According to the socialist initiative, the Government of the Canary Islands maintains that the protocol was the result of a consensual process and includes a reserve of 3,163.89 hectares classified as suitable, equivalent to 3.75% of the island's surface area. However, the Cabildo of Lanzarote has publicly defended that the signed document does not correspond to what was agreed upon and has even warned of possible errors that could affect the validity of the protocol.

For Begoña Hernández, this situation "cannot be closed superficially." "We are talking about a strategic issue for the present and future of Lanzarote. It is unacceptable for citizens to receive contradictory messages, for institutions to contradict each other, and for city councils to be relegated to a secondary role," she said.

The socialist spokesperson insisted that “Tinajo, like any municipality on the island, has the right to be heard when talking about territory, landscape, rural land, agricultural activity, environment, and energy future”.

“Lanzarote needs renewable energies, yes, but it also needs legal certainty, planning, transparency, and institutional respect. The opposite would be to turn a future opportunity into a new problem for the territory,” concluded Hernández.