The internal crisis within Nueva Canarias (NC) has reached its point of no return. In an unprecedented decision, the party's National Political Council has officially declared 22 public officials who left the party to join the Renovación (Prica) faction as "defectors." This measure...According to Espiral21, it would affect top-level figures in southern Gran Canaria, including councilors from San Bartolomé de Tirajana and the mayor of Santa Lucía de Tirajana.Francisco García. In Las Palmas, to the city councilor for Mobility, José Eduardo Ramírez, and to the councilor of the Cabildo, Raúl García Brink.
The net is closing in following a legal report commissioned from Professor Francisco Jiménez Cisneros, which supports the demotion of these politicians to the status of non-affiliated members. According to a statement issued by the Secretary of Organization, Carmelo Ramírez, the conduct of these officials constitutes a "betrayal" of the political entity that nominated them for election. NC is invoking the 2020 Anti-Defection Pact to demand that those involved lose their economic privileges and their current positions in the institutions where they govern.
The list, described by some as a "black mark" in the style of pirate literature, also includes prominent opposition figures such as Samuel Henríquez in San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The central argument of the NC leadership is that, by voluntarily resigning from the party but refusing to relinquish their seats, the 22 representatives are violating the will of the electorate. This move seeks to force their removal from the municipal groups and the Island Council, leaving them in a situation of institutional isolation.
For the moment, the situation is highly uncertain. Although the declaration of defection is now considered firm by the party, it remains to be seen how the plenary sessions of the city councils of Santa Lucía, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Ingenio, Teror, and Arucas, as well as the Gran Canaria Island Council, will react. The big question is whether these officials will retain their salaries and responsibilities or whether the current governing agreements will collapse under pressure from Nueva Canarias, which no longer recognizes them as its own.
