Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE).- The executive of Nueva Canarias (NC) has unanimously approved the candidacy of the president, Román Rodríguez, for the Presidency of the Government of the Canary Islands in the elections on May 28 (28M) as he designated number one in the Canary Islands circumscription.
Likewise, the heads of the list of 70 global candidacies were approved, including those of the Parliament for the islands, the councils and the town halls, and the electoral program that defines, with proposals, “a country project, with present and future”. Rodriguez said.
The Parliament, in the Canary Islands constituency and, therefore, candidate for the Presidency of the Government, the list is headed by Román Rodríguez.
For the island of Gran Canaria to the Parliament, Carmen Hernández will be the head of the electoral plate; for Fuerteventura, Natalia Santana; for Lanzarote, Yoné Caraballo; in Tenerife, Daniel Diaz; in La Palma, Maeve Sanjuán, and in La Gomera and El Hierro the final decision is pending.
To the councils, the president in Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, will be eligible for re-election; the number one in Fuerteventura will be Matías Peña; in Lanzarote, Óscar Noda; in Tenerife, Valentin Correa; in La Palma, Juan Miguel Rodríguez; in La Gomera and El Hierro, the final option is yet to be decided.
For the municipalities of Tenerife, Odalys Padrón will be the first on the list; in La Laguna, Ana María Orán; for Tacoronte, Daniel Díaz will run for re-election as mayor; in La Victoria de Acentejo, Vicente Pérez will be number one; in La Orotava, Miguel López, and in San Juan de la Rambla, Juan Alberto Pérez.
In Candelaria, Óliver Déniz; in Güimar, Carlos Llanera; in Arona, Nauzet Fariña; in Tegueste, Antonio López from Ahora Tegueste-NC; in El Sauzal, Juan Daniel Fajardo for the Independent Association of El Sauzal-NC; in El Rosario, Escolástico Gil de Iniciativa for Rosario-Los Verdes // IR-Verdes, and in Garachico, Ramón Miranda for the Garachiquense Group // A’Gara.
In these last two municipalities, Nueva Canarias supports the candidacies of the local political formations of Gil and Miranda thanks to the agreement signed.
In the municipalities of Gran Canaria, Pedro Quevedo will lead the electoral proposal in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; in Telde, Carmen Hernández will run for re-election as mayor, as will Óscar Hernández (Roque Aguayro) in Agüimes.
In Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Francisco García also aspires to re-edit the Mayor’s Office, like Teodoro Sosa (Rural Nationalist Bloc-NC) in Gáldar and the mayor, Pedro Rodríguez (Together for Guía-NC), in Guía.
Francisco Atta (Neighborhood Association) will also ask for the trust of residents in Valsequillo to continue as the first person in charge of the City Council.
Isabel Peñate, of Alternative by San Mateo, heads the plate in the Vega of San Mateo; in Arucas, Marcelo Francisco Afonso, in Ingenio, Jose Lopez Fabelo of Forum Drago-NC; in San Bartholomew de Tirajana, Samuel Henriquez, in Mogan, Javier Romero, in La Aldea, Pedro Suarez, and in Agaete, Jesus Gonzalez of the Rural Nationalist Bloc-NC.
In Santa Brígida, José Armengol de Ando Sataute; in Artenara, Manuel Mendoza; in Firgas, the mayor Jaime Hernández of Compromiso por Firgas-NC will run for re-election; in Teror, Isabel Guerra will head the list; in Valleseco, it is pending; in Moya it will be Nicolás Ojeda González and in Tejeda, Francisco Juan Perera from the Association of Electors of Tejeda.
For the town councils of Fuerteventura, in Puerto del Rosario, Gilberto Dees will head the electoral plate; at The Olive, Oliver Gonzalez; in Bird, Rafael Perdomo by Together By Bird-NC; in Tuineje, Pilar Rodriguez and in Antigua, Matías Peña of Alternative for Antigua.
For Lanzarote Town Halls, Armando Santana will be number one; in San Bartolomé, Pablo Yebra; in Teguise, Fernando Jiménez; in Tías, Arminda Barreto; in Tinajo, Antonio Jesús Morales from the Tinajo-NC Renewal Movement; in Haría, Marcos Lemes and, in Yaiza, Óscar Noda from Unidos Por Yaiza (UPY). Nueva Canarias, by virtue of an agreement, will support UPY in the aforementioned town.
To qualify for the mayoralties of La Palma, Maeve Sanjuán will lead in Santa Cruz de La Palma; in Tazacorte, Juan Miguel Rodríguez and, in Garafía, Madeleine Reyes thanks to the agreement with Fuerza Garafiana.
In La Gomera, Libertad Ramos will try to reach the Mayor of San Sebastián; in Hermigua it will be Jacob Piñero and, in Valle Gran Rey, Ángel Manuel Piñero.
In the municipalities of El Hierro (Valverde, Frontera and El Pinar), the final decision is pending.
The president of NC has stressed that the intention is to be a “more united, prosperous, sustainable land that guarantees collective well-being” by defending essential public services (health, education and social), determined measures to face the demographic challenge , consolidate the primary sector, strengthen cooperation for development, solidarity and canarity; among the main EFE