The local assembly of Primero Canarias has unanimously chosen Marcial Morales as the candidate for the Mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for the 2027 municipal elections. The former mayor of Puerto del Rosario and former president of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura will lead a list aimed at "making a significant shake-up" in the capital.
Marcial Morales Martín, former mayor of Puerto del Rosario and former president of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura, has been designated as the candidate of Primero Canarias for the Mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The local assembly of the party in the Gran Canaria capital made the decision unanimously this Wednesday, entrusting him not only to lead the candidacy for the 2027 municipal elections but also to form a list that, they assure, will bring "enthusiasm, commitment and management capacity" to the City Council.
The official presentation was attended by the president of Primero Canarias and mayor of Agüimes, Óscar Hernández; the vice president, Valeria Guerra; the local president in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Rafael Robaina; the local assembly vice president, Carlota Guerra; and the mayor of Gáldar, Teodoro Sosa. All of them supported Morales as the right person to "get the City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria out of the deadlock it is in," in Sosa's words.
A profile with experience in public management
Born in Tuineje in 1958, Marcial Morales has developed his professional career as a youth educator, first in Puerto del Rosario and then in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where he currently resides and has lived intermittently for nearly 30 years. His political career includes positions such as General Director of Social Services of the Government of the Canary Islands (1993-1999), Councillor for Employment and Social Affairs (1999-2003), Councillor and Mayor of Puerto del Rosario (2003-2015), and President of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura (2015-2019).
In recent years, Morales has focused on his work as a trustee of the Fundación Canaria Yrichen and as a volunteer at the San Pedro Social Dining Room in La Isleta, helping people in vulnerable situations. Last June, he requested to join as a grassroots member of Primero Canarias and now, after accepting the request from the grassroots, he returns to the political front line as a candidate for the Mayor of the Gran Canaria capital.
“A significant shake-up” for the capital
The president of Primero Canarias, Óscar Hernández, highlighted Morales's "nationalist, progressive and municipalist" profile, describing him as "someone who comes from the bottom, who is always in touch with the street, is approachable, listens to people, gets involved and is committed." Hernández emphasized that his career demonstrates "commitment, work, planning and management capacity, with proven facts, solutions and results." "He is exactly the mayor that Las Palmas de Gran Canaria needs at this moment," he concluded.
For his part, the mayor of Gáldar, Teodoro Sosa, was even more direct: "Las Palmas de Gran Canaria needs a significant shake-up and we are going to give it to them." Sosa praised Morales's "impeccable service record, reputation, prestige, experience, knowledge and work capacity," and assured that the municipalists will bring to the capital examples of good management from municipalities like Gáldar or Agüimes, where they already govern.
Morales himself, now as a candidate, explained that his project aims to achieve "a City Council that works, listens to the citizens and attends to basic services" such as street cleaning, waste management, maintenance and paving of streets, pest control, care for parks and gardens, or public safety. "A City Council that dignifies the city, improves the quality of life for people and works to solve the housing problem," he added.
Morales also had words for the municipal workers, inviting them to "turn the page on past problems to build together a new City Council that both they and the citizens can be proud of." "They need direction, organization and a course, new goals and fresh air to regain enthusiasm and motivation," he concluded.
With this candidacy, Primero Canarias seeks to carve out a space in the political landscape of the Gran Canaria capital, where citizen discontent over cleanliness, housing and the neglect of basic services has been a constant in recent years. The residents of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will see in the upcoming municipal elections an option that promises "a good shoe to walk and a good ear to listen," in Morales's words.
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