The mayor of Teguise has hired the former mayor of Yaiza as an advisor, Gladys Acuña, who had to leave office after her conviction in the first trial of the Stratvs case, in which she was disqualified for 14 years.
In a statement, Oswaldo Betancort points out that he is incorporating two professionals to reinforce the area of Social Welfare, understanding that, "if in normal circumstances the work carried out from the social sphere is fundamental, given the health crisis situation caused by Covid 19, it is essential to focus all efforts on alleviating the needs of the vulnerable groups in our municipality of Teguise and satisfying the basic demands of our neighbors".
"All these issues require an immediate response from social workers, making clear the impossibility of the technical staff to continue performing tasks that are not their own", explained Betancort, who thus defends the need to incorporate "a professional with a legal profile", confirming the hiring of the lawyer Gladys Acuña Machín, who will join the team of government advisors as temporary staff. To have that vacancy, Pablo Rodríguez has been dismissed, who, according to Betancort, "has so far carried out an impeccable professional work in the area of Tourism".
"Likewise, and taking into account that the Department of Social Welfare constantly needs to handle regulations within our legal system, prepare structured reports adjusted to that regulatory framework, respond to aid in housing matters, develop and modify municipal ordinances, as well as regulate the bases for their concession, we have agreed to the addition to the area of the surveyor Aralia Cabrera Aguiar, who is already part of the temporary staff, and who will assume the tasks indicated above, with priority being the rehabilitation of homes in the municipal area, in addition to performing support functions in the actions emanating from the area", assures the first mayor.
"It is evident that social workers are the cornerstone of the area, which is why their work should focus on serving vulnerable groups and without other accessory and important tasks, which can be developed by other qualified personnel, prevent them from subtracting time, resources and resources to the performance of disadvantaged, the functions of Social Work", said for his part the head of the area, Isidro Alonso.