Twelve councilors present a motion of no confidence in Güímar with Carmen Luisa Castro as their candidate for mayor
The proponents—nine councilors from the PP, one from Nueva Canarias, and two councilors who have left the governing group—justify the initiative by the "evident lack of action and leadership" of the current mayor, Gustavo Pérez (CC), which has had "serious" consequences for public services.
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Twelve councilors from the Güímar City Council—one more than needed to achieve an absolute majority—registered a motion of no confidence this Monday, July 28, against Mayor Gustavo Pérez (Coalición Canaria), who governs in a pact with the PSOE and Unidas Se Puede.
The motion is led by Carmen Luisa Castro Dorta, of the PP, the proposed candidate for the new mayor, a position she previously held from 2013 to 2015 and 2015 to 2019.
The document has been signed by nine PP councilors (in addition to Castro, María del Socorro González Reyes, Francisco Javier Hernández Armas, David Román Escobar, Francisco Javier del Rosario Delgado, Pedro Daniel Pérez Rodríguez, Raquel Belén Díaz Castro, María del Carmen Jorge Rodríguez, and Ana Belén Acosta Rosa), the Nueva Canarias councilor, Carlos Pablo Llarena González, and two PSOE councilors who have decided to leave the current governing group: José Miguel Hernández Fernández and Patricia Encinoso Pestano.
Among the numerous reasons justifying this motion, the signatories highlight the "significant" deterioration of public services—including a "deep crisis" in the Local Police—the "institutional deadlock" resulting from internal disagreements, the "unjustified" increase in municipal debt, as well as the lack of territorial planning, investment, and infrastructure. They also point out that, "due to the mayor's inaction in failing to halt the works in Las Bajas in a timely manner," the City Council has been ordered to pay more than half a million euros to the contracting company. They add in this case that the Councilor for Urban Planning and First Deputy Mayor, Airam Puerta (PSOE), "acknowledged in court that he had knowledge of these cost overruns, which demonstrates gross negligence in defending the public interest."
The twelve councilors also warn that, in relation to a sanitation project in Fátima, they are investigating "the authenticity of a municipal decree, the improper use of official signatures, and possible irregular payments." These facts, which they describe as "extraordinarily serious," and which, they emphasize, must be clarified urgently.
They also regret that several coastal projects—such as those in Golete, La Puente, and Las Bajas—remain unfinished or have been completed with significant cost overruns. The proponents of the motion warn of the growing sense of citizen insecurity due to the crisis in the management of the Local Police, which—they claim—has harmed the Department of Festivals, which has received "multiple complaints" from residents about the difficulties in holding important events such as those planned for the municipality's Patron Saint Festival and the Bajada del Socorro.
They also hold the mayor and first deputy mayor responsible for the "excessive" delay in processing the application to establish the Municipal Services Company, with the resulting waste of time and public resources already invested.
The motion also denounces the "lack of transparency in the awarding of certain contracts," the failure of successful companies to comply with specifications, and the "unjustified delays" in payments to suppliers, which the councilors attribute directly to Gustavo Pérez's administration. According to the law, the day after the motion is registered, the plenary session for debate and voting will automatically be convened within ten business days.
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