The session, requested by the opposition to address the non-attached status of six councilors, including the municipal leader, ended in a heated confrontation. This incident follows closely on the heels of an ordinary plenary session in April that also concluded abruptly.
During the extraordinary plenary, which was meant to focus solely on the issue that prompted its convocation, the municipal leader reiterated his decision that the councilors cannot be declared non-attached, based on a report from the Government of the Canary Islands. Regulations stipulate that any agreement on matters outside the agenda can be declared null and void.
“"Today we should go through this situation without major trauma and redirect the normal activity of this City Council to what matters and what we are here for, which is to solve problems."
The opposition, through its spokespersons, emphasized the need to «restore legality» and denounced the violation of regulations by altering the plenary's content. The municipal leader was accused of governing illegitimately and of abandoning political ethics, being urged to acknowledge his non-attached status.
Despite these pleas, the municipal leader referred back to what was stated in the previous plenary and defended the report from the Vice-Ministry of the Government of the Canary Islands, which maintains that the councilors remain attached. Immediately after, he concluded the session, even preventing a point of order raised by the opposition.
Following the plenary, an opposition spokesperson described the events as «an illegality» and announced that a criminal complaint is being prepared for alleged malfeasance. Administrative litigation is also being considered, citing judicial precedents where municipal leaders have been convicted for obstructing the proper conduct of plenary sessions requested by the opposition.
