PP Calls for New Elections in Tuineje
This is an exceptional measure that would require a report from the autonomous community and subsequent approval by the Senate.
The Popular Party (PP) of Tuineje, represented by its municipal spokesperson Esther Hernández Marrero, denounced this morning in a press conference the crisis afflicting the local council. According to Hernández, the crisis stems from “misgovernment that plagues our municipality and was aggravated last Friday by the cancellation of the children’s parade of the Tran Tran Festival.”
Accompanied by councilors Nélida Padilla, Abisay Padilla and Juan José Padilla, Hernández rejected the mayor’s excuses presented in a press release, which cited alleged medical leaves and the lack of an ambulance as reasons for the suspension.
“Did those medical leaves affect only the morning, while the festival went ahead in the afternoon?” the PP spokesperson asked.
“What happened with the Tran Tran Festival is yet another example of the neglect and disrespect this government shows toward the municipality,” Hernández added.
The most recent evidence of incompetent municipal management was the suspension of the children’s parade of the Tran Tran Festival, a decision that “once again shattered the hopes of Tuineje’s youngsters.” This incident is not isolated; Hernández described it as part of a “chain of atrocities and disasters occurring in the municipality.”
Main Points of the PP’s Criticism
Financial mismanagement:
- Supplier debt exceeds €3.5 million.
- Payment periods have quadrupled, violating legal requirements.
“If work is commissioned, it must be paid. You cannot govern by letting months pass without taking responsibility.”
Essential services shut down:
- Closure of the Cadastre and Revenue offices, leaving the town without basic services.
- Loss of the Employment Plan, making Tuineje the only municipality in the Canary Islands to lose it.
Neglected public facilities:
- The Tarajalejo football field remains closed after two and a half years.
- Sports schools have disappeared.
- Construction of the Casa de la Cultura de Tesejerague has been stalled for one and a half years.
Community associations under strain:
- Some local AMPAS (parent‑teacher associations) have been forced to organize bingo events just to raise funds for basic school maintenance.
Call to CC and PSOE
The PP had already appealed to the island leaders of CC and PSOE, the parties that currently govern the Tuineje council, urging them to address the mismanagement. Hernández said those leaders “have looked the other way.”
Consequently, the PP is now directly appealing to the regional heads of both parties—Fernando Clavijo (CC) and Ángel Víctor Torres (PSOE)—to remove their councilors from the municipality.
“There are still 551 days left until the local elections, and Tuineje cannot endure this situation any longer.”
If silence persists, the PP, which has already demanded the collective resignation of the municipal government, will take the initiative.
“We will be the ones to act because, in our view, the situation in the Tuineje council is unsustainable.”
Should the mayor refuse to step down, Hernández announced that the next step will be to request the dissolution of the corporation from the Spanish Government, invoking the legal provisions for cases of exceptional gravity.
The PP reminded listeners that such a measure has only been applied once in Spain: in 2006, the central government dissolved the Marbella council for “severely damaging management” linked to urban planning corruption. While rare, the precedent shows that dissolution is legally possible.
The PP’s ultimate goal is clear: to give the voice back to the people, allowing new elections so that “the citizens can vote again.”