Pedro San Ginés has become "prudent" and scrupulous with "legal certainty". So much so that he is now anticipating the decisions of the Justice. In fact, he has become so purist that he "obeys" orders ...
Pedro San Ginés has become "prudent" and scrupulous with "legal certainty". So much so that he is now anticipating the decisions of the Justice. In fact, he has become so purist that he "obeys" orders that supposedly have not even been notified to him yet and that, of course, are not final, since they can be appealed. And to top it all off, he makes it clear that he does not agree, but then boasts that the judge "has given him the reason".
In the writing in which he decided to remove two technicians from the PIOT Office from issuing reports related to Montaña Roja, in response to a challenge presented by the promoters, the president himself says, referring to Leopoldo Díaz, that "it is proven that he has no link or relationship with the César Manrique Foundation since December 16, 2000". However, immediately afterwards, he accepts his challenge out of "prudence".
Probably the same "prudence" that led him to dismiss the Heritage inspector a few months ago, or that led him to place a boss above the technicians of the Island Planning Office at the end of September, in this case without any promoter having requested it, or at least not in the courts.
Some "evil-minded" people believe that everything is a witch hunt to dismantle the two departments that are in charge of ensuring urban legality, and that have become more than uncomfortable for many powerful businessmen on this island, but nothing could be further from the reality of Pedro San Ginés, of course. He, a selfless and responsible president, is actually doing all this out of his deep respect for the law.
In fact, after learning about this new face of San Ginés, many are eagerly awaiting his next steps. Will there be a new wave of dismissals in the Cabildo? Will he expel María José Docal from the government group, accused of bribery in the "Unión" case? Will he remove the Corporation's technicians who are also accused in that same case of serious crimes? Will he recommend to his party that it break the pact with the PIL, considering that one in four public officials it had on the island are also accused? Will he ask his vice president, Fabián Martín, also accused, not to visit his father in prison, or at least to keep him completely out of what is happening in the island's first institution?
Will he change his advisor, given that the one who is guiding his steps was part of the firm of Ignacio Díaz de Aguilar, who is the one who requested the challenge of the technicians of the PIOT Office, and is also the son-in-law of Felipe Fernández Camero, accused of inducing the allegedly criminal conduct of José Francisco Reyes? Will he consider whether another of his partners, the PNL, is a good travel companion, considering that through José Francisco Reyes, this party generated a real urban debacle in Playa Blanca, which has also left dozens of people accused of alleged corruption?
In case anyone doubted it, the answer is no. And it is that, apparently, what is really serious on this island is to have or have had a relationship with the César Manrique Foundation.
While Lanzarote is upside down, with dozens of illegal hotels; while there are desperate buyers because unscrupulous developers sold them houses without warning them of their legal situation; and while we have dozens of people accused of the most serious crimes that can be committed from the public administration, the one we have to be forceful with is the Foundation.
The technicians of the PIOT Office who have been removed from their positions are not even accused of anything. Simply, the promoters did not like their reports, and appealed to their relationship with the FCM to challenge them and ask for other technicians. And without even waiting for a firm pronouncement from the Justice, San Ginés has decided to accept the wishes of the businessmen, because he is so "prudent" and respectful of "legal certainty". And one thing is to rub shoulders and govern with defendants, and another is that someone is going to think that the Cabildo even has sympathy for someone close to the César Manrique Foundation, that would be the last straw.
Because after having a glass of Stratvs, caressed by the breeze of Marina Rubicón, apparently one comes to the transcendental and peculiar revelation that the Foundation is the one that has really harmed this island, and not the people, for example, with whom his omnipresent advisor, Ignacio Calatayud, is linked.
And it is that, in case someone has not understood it yet, in the code of conduct of Pedro San Ginés, the premises are clear. The first is that we should not be proud of those who ensure compliance with the law, but of the businessmen accused of bribery and with illegal hotels open to the public. The second is that we must respect the presumption of innocence of whomever he considers appropriate. And the third is that he is president of the Cabildo for a reason (even if it is by default), and he can do whatever he wants.
