Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (EFE) privatize water management in cities.
It is, he said in a press conference, an electoral program “adapted to the needs of Spain because it is made from and by the Government that has managed the recent history of the country”, for which he proposes “concrete measures that will allow move forward as a reference for the countries around them”.
Corujo has considered “indecent” the attempts of the PP “to sow fear and disaffection with the ghost of the recession” and has stressed that in the face of this “call to despair, the PSOE sends a message of the future to carry forward the better Spain”.
The candidate has encrypted the programmatic priorities of the Socialists in six axes in the face of this new electoral appointment, among which is the commitment to promote full employment by lowering the unemployment rate to 8% “linking wages to productivity” and deploying a national strategy in favor of flexible work, while continuing to improve working conditions and raise wage levels.
In terms of ecological transition, the PSOE intends to protect the rural environment to improve the quality of life of Spaniards, in addition to continuing to promote the deployment of renewable energies, guarantee access to water for present and future generations, doubling contributions to desalination and legislating so that it continues to be a public good, hence the privatization of its management in cities is prohibited, something that, according to what he has specified, would not affect mixed models, such as that of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
In its commitment to equal opportunities, the PSOE promises to improve and guarantee public services, for which it proposes expanding the portfolio of services of the national health system to reinforce the offer of dentistry, physiotherapy, ophthalmology, psychiatry and clinical psychology, putting an end to the waiting lists and establish a maximum of 30 days for the perception of social benefits of any kind.
Also guarantee the sustainability of the pension system, revaluing them according to the CPI, and progressively endow the piggy bank “that the PP dismantles whenever it governs”.
Combat inequality among students and equalize their opportunities for emancipation by creating 250,000 new vocational training places and guaranteeing free university studies and vocational training for those who pass the first time and building 183,000 social housing units for rent, half of which are for to young people, are other proposals of the electoral program of the PSOE, which also offers free mobility to students up to 24 years of age.
Dolores Corujo has also alluded to the measures related to the promotion of real equality between men and women and the fight against the violence suffered by the latter, something that, as she has criticized, the PP has renounced “by ceding the areas of equality, justice and interior to its preferred partner: Vox”.
The PSOE candidate has stressed that “what makes the difference between living and dying is to protect or not the victims of sexist violence”, hence her party will not hesitate to “respond forcefully to the dismantling of their protection by shielding it by law to that no local or regional government deprive them of that right”.
Extending paternity leave and the public network for the care of the elderly from 16 to 20 weeks, and approving the parity law that was pending this legislature to guarantee the presence of women in public and private decision-making bodies are other priority initiatives for socialists.
Asked about the specific measures that this electoral program for the Canary Islands includes, Dolores Corujo has stressed that this autonomous community “has never had better protection and financing than with the PSOE”, a party, she said, that has provided the REF the most and more direct transfers has agreed to guarantee public services on the islands, as evidenced by data from the agency or health investments.
On the impact of holiday homes on the real estate market in territories such as the archipelago, the PSOE candidate has considered that this new type of accommodation “has put pressure on the market” due to the lack of clear regulations, although she has estimated that it has to coexist with the rest.
To do this, he said, the general management plans must be approved, which are the urban planning instruments where the land reserves for public and private housing are determined. EFE