The Cabildo of La Palma has announced, through a press release, “the renewal of the delegated areas of the insular Institution to enhance the work they carry out transversally and improve the management of public resources and citizen attention.”
Changes in the powers of directors
According to this renewal, the current Minister of Infrastructure, Services and Transport, Darwin Rodríguez, will take charge of the Security and Emergencies area, while the Housing area that was delegated to him will go to the Minister of Social Action, Diversity, Equality and Health. Angeles Fernandez.
Likewise, the Minister of Finance and Human Resources, Fernando González, will now take over the Waste area. One of his delegations, that of Commerce, will now be under the coordination of the Minister of Economic Promotion, Digital Transformation and Sodepal, Miriam Perestelo.
With this restructuring, the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty, Alberto Paz, will add competence over animal shelter to his responsibilities, while the Ecological Transition area will continue in the hands of Susa Armas.
Reasons for restructuring
The president of the Cabildo of La Palma, Sergio Rodríguez, explains that “the renewal of areas responds to the analysis carried out by the island Government group after the first months of mandate, in line with continuing to promote the transversality of the work carried out between the different services”.
Furthermore, this decision “has also been influenced by the work that the two island directorates of Human Resources and Tourism are already carrying out, given the detected need to reinforce coordination in both areas, and to which the appointment of a directorate will be added in the near future. “Insular Public Works and Highways”.
Change approval
This change in the organization chart of the island government will have to be approved by the Plenary Session of the Institution on March 12.