In the political landscape of southern Gran Canaria, boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred. The PSOE, in a three-cushion billiards move, appears to have deployed its Valsequillo ally, Hablemos Ahora, to set the pace for Coalición Canaria's administration in San Bartolomé de Tirajana. The two parties have had an agreement in place since 2025, which is being used to prevent the PSOE's influence from being undermined should they negotiate a governing agreement with CC in 2027.
The target is the city planning councilor, Alejandro Marichal (CC), and the weapon of choice is a technical report from the Heritage Service that reeks of administrative corruption. What is presented as a demand for transparency is, in reality, a clash between two ways of understanding power: the mystique of the "accelerator" versus the cold reality of legal objections.
The president of Hablemos Ahora, José Francisco Pérez, has burst onto the scene like someone holding a death certificate. He claims that the agreement with the public company Visocan to build 283 social housing units—a €35 million investment—is under suspicion of being null and void. According to the October 2025 report, the City Council has been operating illegally: omitting reports from the Comptroller's Office, spending millions without oversight, and, most seriously, dismissing technical objections based on sheer political will. This is administration understood as an act of faith, where social need is used as a shield to circumvent legal procedures.
The chronicle of irregularities descends into obscene detail when it comes to hard cash. 500.000 euros of public funds have already been transferred, and the report warns that their return should be demanded. But the figure that raises eyebrows in both Maroussi and Valsequillo is the management fee: Visocan would charge 1,6 million euros just for brokering the purchase of the Castillo del Romeral homes. Meanwhile, Marichal is trying to keep the process on track, preventing the technical experts from halting it.
The Housing Department's defense, limited to a terse "the project is moving forward," sounds like a captain claiming the ship is afloat while the water is already up to his knees. This HA offensive isn't just about houses; it's about undermining CC's credibility. By attacking Marichal for not legally "stepping on the gas," the PSOE-Hablemos Ahora bloc is trying to short-circuit CC's major campaign promise in the south: ending the housing shortage. In San Bartolomé de Tirajana, public housing is no longer a social right; it's a toxic asset in a war of attrition where every Heritage report is a bullet aimed at the heart of the AV-CC governing pact. While they try to figure out who signed what without technical backing, citizens continue waiting for houses that, for now, seem to exist only in the realm of legal jargon and partisan politics.
