The Gomero progressive party was the only political group that presented 11 amendments to the regulatory bases, despite the restriction of the deadline for this, which was lowered from 10 to 5 business days.
The spokesperson for the Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG) and island councilor, Aarón Rodríguez Ramos, has regretted the lack of openness of the ASG government group to incorporate substantial improvements in the regulatory bases of health and extraordinary aid, after the presentation of 11 amendments by its formation.
Rodríguez Ramos stressed that the Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG) has been the only political group that has presented proposals in this process, "despite the fact that the deadline was reduced from 10 to 5 business days, which clearly limits the capacity for analysis and participation."
The island spokesperson explained that, from his group, it is considered that this debate would have been much more useful if the modifications that the Social Services Area is currently working on regarding social emergency aid had been addressed simultaneously. “This would have made it possible to clearly define which situations should be covered by health and extraordinary aid, and which correspond to social emergencies, avoiding overlaps and detecting possible gaps in care,” he indicated.
However, Rodríguez Ramos criticized that the process has been limited to a technical assessment of the amendments, without entering into the political substance of the proposals. “Our contributions have not been debated from a social or strategic perspective, but rather submitted under criteria of technical opportunity, which impoverishes the debate and limits the real improvement of the ordinance,” he stated.
Likewise, he pointed out that the technical report shows a "clear resistance to modifying the spirit of the original draft", accepting only those changes "so obvious that it would be illegal or absurd not to incorporate them, such as formal or numbering aspects." Despite the above, Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG) abstained to avoid further delaying the call for this aid, because many La Gomera families are waiting for it.
For the Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG), this attitude prevents progress towards a more modern and guaranteeing model in terms of social rights. “The ordinance maintains a welfare vision of the administration, focused on the specific granting of aid, instead of betting on a transformative approach that places people and their rights at the center of public action,” concluded Rodríguez Ramos.
From the Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG) they insist on the need to open a real political debate that allows for improving island social policies and providing a more effective and dignified response to people in vulnerable situations.
