The protectorate of the Island of El Hierro, a territory that is maintained with a good part of the taxes from Canary tourist areas such as Maspalomas, has entered into an institutional crisis this February. In case you don't know, only the Costa Meloneras hotel pays more IGIC than the entire island of El Hierro collects. The El Hierro Tourist Board has almost the same staff as Gran Canaria Tourism. El Hierro contributes to the regional coffers through IGIC some 887.000 euros and Gran Canaria 300 million annually, of which 73% would come from the south of Gran Canaria.
With these goals, the president of the Cabildo of El Hierro, Alpidio Armas, has announced his decision to resign from all his positions of the until now first vice president and insular advisor of Rural and Marine Environment and Infrastructure, Maintenance, Works and Roads and Territorial Planning , David Cabrera.
Alpidio Armas makes this decision due to the continuous "disloyalties" and the pretension of "wanting to lead a parallel Cabildo." The president stated in a statement that this loss of trust is not a breach of the current Government pact but rather "a revocation of David Cabrera, removing him from all of his organic positions." "It means opening a new era to defend the interest of the people of El Hierro. It is the best thing that can happen to the island," he declared. Of course.
