We have been talking about the lack of planning on our island for many years, but the truth is that it has been impossible to make progress in the management of our land because, simply, the interests of some and other rulers have not facilitated the final approval of a plan as important as the PIOL.
One of the great failures of the PSOE-CC pacts has been land management. Every time they "get together" the island stagnates due to the back and forth: some to pretend that they have the protection of the territory in their DNA and others because they are not clear about the island model they want. But what is clear is that while all this is happening, our island continues to be orphaned of management, still without PIOL, without PRUG or without the Geria Plan.
The consequences of this lack of planning are evident: increased legal uncertainty, impossibility of getting more out of the agricultural and livestock sector due to unjustified obstacles in the current plan of 91, loss of public funds for key investments due to the obsolescence of the regulations in force, legal vacuum in the model we want for the Eighth Island and loss of competitiveness with respect to the rest of the islands of the archipelago are an example of the consequences of not addressing the implementation of a new PIOL
We are clear about our island model, an island that is protected against the fragile and scarce territory but without meaning that we are anchored in past realities. We have to lead the energy change since it is our main source of wealth for the near future, we want an island where we can enjoy our coasts, with the provision of camping areas, or introduce other measures to encourage the implementation of quality complementary tourism offer but sustainable and that adds value.
In terms of roads, we not only suffer the comparative grievance of the CC Government in the Canary Islands with respect to other islands, but we have also suffered for seven years the regression policies of CC and PSOE, which every time they come together the island is paralyzed. On the other hand, the Popular Party has been responsible in the opposition, initially approving the PIOL in 2011, and we want to be so now, but it seems that CC is more concerned about the electoral campaign than about the progress of our land.
It is time to put the interests of our people first, to put the welfare of our land before partisan interests, and that is why one of the first measures I will take from the presidency of the Cabildo of Lanzarote will be to urgently prioritize the initial approval of the Island Plan of Management.
Simply say that bringing forward a new territorial model for the island is not a mere whim but an urgent need. Territorial planning must be in accordance with our current reality and the challenges we face. A document prepared 30 years ago based on outdated parameters, and without taking into account the advances and knowledge accumulated in all this period of time, is simply unjustifiable and we cannot afford it.
By Jacobo Medina, candidate for the Cabildo of Lanzarote for the PP
