Despite the fact that the COTMAC certification is being appealed by the Ministry, they have agreed to resend José Fernández all the documentation that proves that it was a population center before the Coasts Law.

The Yaiza City Council and the residents of El Golfo are trying to reach agreements with Costas to stop the legal process

Newly appointed as mayor of Yaiza, Gladys Acuña addressed this Wednesday one of the most controversial and popular issues affecting her municipality. The controversial maritime demarcation of ...

February 20 2008 (20:23 WET)
The Yaiza City Council and the residents of El Golfo are trying to reach agreements with Costas to stop the legal process
The Yaiza City Council and the residents of El Golfo are trying to reach agreements with Costas to stop the legal process

Newly appointed as mayor of Yaiza, Gladys Acuña addressed this Wednesday one of the most controversial and popular issues affecting her municipality. The controversial maritime demarcation of El Golfo, which the Government of the Canary Islands has tried to avoid by recognizing the urban character of the town, but which has not yet convinced the General Directorate of Coasts, which has appealed the resolution they approved in court. The objective: to try to reach agreements as an alternative to the judicial route that has already begun. "The procedures can always be suspended", the mayor trusts.

Hilbedrando Trancho, representative of those affected, participated in the meeting with Senator Marcos Hernández, who is acting as mediator with José Fernández, head of the area in the Ministry of the Environment. After the meeting, they agreed to send all the documentation that supported the certification made by the Commission for Territorial Planning and the Environment (COTMAC) to recognize that El Golfo was a population center before the Coasts Law of 1989.

A certificate that they presented to Coasts in order for the easement area to be reduced from 100 to 20 meters to save the buildings affected now by the demarcation and that are in the public domain. However, the central government rejected this certificate and filed an administrative contentious appeal, leaving the final resolution to the legal field.

The mayor of the municipality "does not quite agree with the position of the general director of Coasts", because she believes that "it is not possible to question a certificate that is made by officials". But even so, they will immediately request that the COTMAC send all the photographs, plans and documents, which they used at the time to issue the declaration, to the central government.

Although this first contact does not determine anything definitive, the first mayor of the southern municipality has valued the attitude of the senator since he has "shown a predisposition to reach a solution". "What it is about is unifying criteria and all going in the same direction", Acuña explained.

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