After the celebration a little less than a month ago of the first meeting of the Mayors of the South after the pandemic that developed in the municipality of San Miguel de Abona, among other conclusions, it was reached to create working groups among mayors with different institutions, associations, estates ..., from all sectors of the region.

In this sense, the Plenary Hall of the Santiago del Teide City Council recently hosted the first meeting between the working group made up of the Mayor of Santiago del Teide, Emilio Navarro, the Mayor of Adeje, José Miguel Rodríguez Fraga, the Mayor of San Miguel de Abona, Arturo González and the Mayor of Arona, José Julián Mena, who on this occasion was absent due to scheduling problems, with members of the CEST board of directors (Círculo de Empresarios y Profesionales del Sur de Tenerife) headed by his president, Roberto Ucelay.

At this meeting, the members of the CEST presented to the mayors present a document that collects the requests and demands in terms of transport and infrastructure and other adjacent problems of the region that allow the economic reactivation of the same, always reaffirming that identity of the region that until Not long ago it was not had and that it seeks the unanimity of the participating municipalities without political colors in between and without seeking confrontation between them, but rather finding bridges of union and solutions.

The working group of mayors thanked the CEST for its work and positively echoed its requests and demands, many of which are of vital importance for the development of the region.

The intention of the mayors of the south is to hold regular meetings with representatives of civil society to listen to them, take note of their demands and proposals and, after that, draw up a final document that brings together all sectors and, with this, create a common front. so that it can be attended by supra-municipal administrations, be it the Cabildo, the Government of the Canary Islands and even the Central Government on the most pressing problems of this region.