5 September 2025, 13:35
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The Socialist Group in the Cabildo of Lanzarote has issued a press release this Friday, denouncing what it describes as a new episode of waste and opacity by the island’s president, Oswaldo Betancort, concerning a trip to Texas that will cost over €250,000 of public funds. According to the socialists, the procurement has been handled through a privately appointed company, a model that obscures the actual breakdown of expenses and the specific purposes for which they are allocated. Spokesperson for the Socialist Group, Ariagona González, emphasises in her statement that the Cabildo is in technical bankruptcy—a situation that has already forced the cancellation of projects and commitments made to the public. “It is absolute incoherence: while initiatives are suspended due to a lack of funds, Betancort finds over a quarter of a million euros for a trip to Texas. The island is grappling with a water crisis, a housing emergency, and cuts in essential services, yet the island’s president chooses to allocate funds for political marketing,” she points out. González warns that this system of outsourcing shields access to key information such as invoices, fees, travel costs, allowances, production, and logistical expenses, thereby reducing transparency and complicating public oversight. “A private company is hired directly to conceal where every euro is spent. This is not an isolated error; it is a pattern of opacity. There is no validated return for the island, no serious economic accounting, nor evaluable objectives. There is only propaganda funded by public money while the Cabildo admits it cannot meet its commitments,” the Socialist spokesperson concludes. |
