The decision, issued by the Court of First Instance number 4 of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, means that, for the time being, the agreements approved by the National Political Council of Nueva Canarias in December 2025 will not be halted. The magistrate has not yet assessed the merits of the conflict but has concluded that it is not appropriate to immediately suspend these agreements while the main procedure is underway.
The request for precautionary measures was filed by Samuel Henríquez, organizational secretary of Municipalistas Primero Canarias. The dispute originated from the move of the mayor of Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Francisco García, and five other councilors to Municipalistas Primero Canarias, after leaving Nueva Canarias, the party under which they ran in the 2023 municipal elections. Subsequently, all six affiliated with the Bloque Nacionalista Rural (BNR), the party led by Teodoro Sosa in Gáldar, on April 25, 2025.
“"Henríquez argued that the councilors of Primero Canarias ran in 2023 as part of an electoral coalition and that “at no time have they abandoned the coalition,” thus rejecting that they could be considered defectors."
The resolution, signed on March 6, 2026, by magistrate Beatriz Rallo Vallueca, analyzes whether the conditions for adopting an urgent measure before a final judgment were met. Although the judge acknowledges the potential urgency and political consequences for those affected, she considers that a “solid and clear” legal basis for granting the requested precautionary protection has not been sufficiently established.
The order is based on regulations concerning defection and local government legislation, recalling that an elected official can become non-attached if they leave the group or political formation with which they ran in elections. The magistrate also highlighted that, in this case, there is no evidence that the change had the consent of the party that initially proposed the councilor in the candidacy.
The immediate consequence of this decision is that the position defended by Nueva Canarias is maintained, and the effects of its agreements are not suspended. Furthermore, the court has imposed the costs of the precautionary incident on the requesting party. The resolution can be appealed before the Provincial Court of Las Palmas within twenty days.
