The Renovating Movement of Tinajo criticizes that last Wednesday it "saw its rights and those of its voters curtailed, by not being able to access the Plenary held by the City Council." The Consistory attributes it to a computer problem, but the spokesperson for the MRT, Antonio Morales, denounces that they did not give him alternatives to participate in the session, so he has announced that he will challenge it.
In addition, he considers it "unacceptable that telematic plenary sessions continue to be held" when there are no longer reasons for it, as the restrictions imposed by the pandemic have been lifted. "The mayor said that this would now be in person, but it has not been so. He is violating all the regulations in force," criticizes Morales, who considers that this has been the straw that broke the camel's back, after a long list of breaches by the government group on various issues.
The councilor also questions that the request he made more than a year ago has not been taken into account, demanding that at least the spokespersons of the opposition could follow the Plenaries from a computer in the City Council, being able to count on the technicians of the Consistory if any problem arose with the videoconference. "We were only asking for the same thing that the government group does, but they never attended to our request," he laments.
In this last Plenary, according to the party, "seeing that he could not enter the session, he contacted the secretary by telephone and warned him of what was happening, but the only response he received was first that it would be a problem with his computer and then to wait to be given access to the session, which never occurred."
"They didn't even call me to inform me. Other times, at least with the spokespersons, if they had not connected, the mayor or the secretary would call them, but this time they did not. They knew that I wanted to participate in the Plenary and they did not give me any alternative, when from my house to the City Council there are five minutes," questions the councilor, who insists that they should at least give them that option of following it from the Consistory.
For that reason, he denounces the "sectarian and anti-democratic" attitude of the government group. "What a coincidence that this happens with the three motions we were carrying," points out Morales, who does not hide his indignation at what happened.
"Solutions for residents who gave up land"
In one of those motions that he could not defend, the party demanded that the City Council put municipal technicians at the disposal of the residents who in their day gave up land to the Consistory to expand roads or to make sidewalks and gardens, given the problem they are now facing.
"That land, which in many cases has not been compensated economically, is now not properly registered, and when the residents go to make distributions of an inheritance or register it in the Cadastre, the meters do not match," explains Morales.
"They already gave up meters, they are no longer theirs, but that means they have to pay a technician to do another survey, make modifications in the Registry... And that in the end is a significant amount of money," he emphasizes.
For that reason, he asked that the Consistory get involved, helping those affected to regularize the situation with the help of the municipal technicians themselves, "so that it does not cost them money, because they have already given up land that in many cases is a fairly significant amount."
"Seven years waiting for the execution of a drafted project"
The second motion demanded that the project to install a visor on the Tinajo football field be executed, which has been drafted for seven years and has not been carried out. "When there is rain, a lot of sun or wind, the people who are in the stands have to swallow it, because they have no shelter at all," points out Morales.
"The mayor has been promising this marquee for more than two legislatures, which is said soon. More than eight years!" questions the councilor. In addition, he recalls that the Cabildo drafted the project in 2015, but since then "nothing has been done" by the City Council. "We do not understand that it remains in a drawer untouched and what we ask is that the project that is already drafted be executed," insists the spokesperson for the MRT.
"Unblock projects stalled by planning"
The other motion that could not be debated, due to the lack of democratic spirit of the government group, demanded that the City Council act to prevent projects from continuing to be blocked in the municipality, given the announcement by the Cabildo that the Island Plan will be restarted again, so it will not go ahead in this legislature.
"The Land Law contemplates that the planning in force in certain areas can be suspended, and what we propose is that all those mechanisms contemplated by that Law be technically studied to unblock projects that are of general interest and that can be executed," explains Morales.
"There would have to be a declaration of use by the Cabildo, at the request of individuals or the city councils themselves, which is what we demand. That solutions be sought, that an attempt be made to reach a consensus, and that those projects that are of general interest be executed, of which there are many, such as the La Santa slipway, extraction of stone or sand from some areas, the implementation of renewable energies or the possibility of creating camping areas," he points out.
In addition, for this session, the Renovating Movement of Tinajo had again requested the appearance of the mayor, Jesús Machín, to explain what steps he has taken to ensure that Canal solves the water problem in the municipality. "He didn't even put it on the agenda," denounces Morales, who recalls that he has already requested that appearance in other plenary sessions without success. "The mayor demonstrates that he continues to be very little concerned about this issue," laments the councilor.
