Presidents' tribute: Fuerteventura Avanza calls for Lorenzo Olarte to be included
1. Key points
Fuerteventura Avanza denounces Lorenzo Olarte's exclusion
Olarte led the Canary Islands Government between 1988 and 1991
He drove the creation of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The party will request the amendment at the next plenary
“The history of the Canaries cannot be written by party labels”
2. The news in detail
Fuerteventura Avanza has highlighted the exclusion of former Canary Islands president Lorenzo Olarte Cullen from the motion approved on Monday by Puerto del Rosario's plenary to name several municipal streets after the late presidents of the regional government.
The party regards the omission as a very serious error, given that the motion was raised to institutional status. It recalls that Olarte led the Canary Islands Government between 1988 and 1991 and that during his term he drove the creation of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and salary parity for teachers, alongside a decisive role in consolidating self-government. The group finds it striking that the only excluded former president is precisely the one who belonged to neither Coalición Canaria nor the PSOE, and announces it will table an initiative at the next plenary to add him to the list of those honoured.
3. Voices and statements
“Amending it is no defeat for anyone; on the contrary, it would show respect for the history of the Canaries. The memory of those who built our region cannot depend on the party labels under which they governed,” Fuerteventura Avanza states.
4. Context and background
The request refers to the motion approved at the plenary on Monday 29 June 2026 in Puerto del Rosario. Fuerteventura Avanza will bring the amendment to the next plenary.
5. What it means for Fuerteventura
The case fuels debate over how Fuerteventura and the Canaries remember their political figures. Follow developments in the Fuerteventura news.
