Tuineje PP accuses CC and PSOE of “wrecking” Tran Tran Festival through “poor management”

Tuineje’s Partido Popular regrets the announcement by the Tran Tran volunteer association that this year’s clown festival has been suspended “as a result of two years of problems, a lack of planning and outstanding payments that have put one of Gran Tarajal and Tuineje’s most important events at risk”, the party said in a press release.

“The Tran Tran Clown Festival is not just another event that can be added to or removed from the calendar. It is a project built by and for the community, and the CC and PSOE government has a duty to protect it,” said Esther Hernández, the PP spokesperson on Tuineje Town Council.

The PP considers it particularly serious that the festival has reached this point after two years of financial and administrative problems. This is clear evidence, Hernández stressed, that the local government has failed to guarantee its stability. “CC and PSOE cannot stand aside or turn a blind eye. If the festival is at risk, it is because of their poor management. They must explain what they have done and report on the solutions they have sought. Families in Tuineje cannot continue to bear the consequences of this situation,” Hernández said.

From opposition, the PP is not only demanding accountability, transparency and solutions from the local government; it is also warning that Tuineje “cannot go on losing events that, as well as forming part of our shared identity, generate economic activity, attract visitors and directly benefit local shops, restaurants and, ultimately, many families in the municipality”.

“We do not want Tran Tran to become, like other events have, a memory of what we were once able to build,” said councillor Nélida Padilla, who called for the clown festival to once again fill the streets of Gran Tarajal with smiles. “But that will take commitment, planning and, above all, political will.”

In this regard, the PP regrets “the decline Tuineje is experiencing in general, and particularly when it comes to cultural events”.

“We have gone from being a point of reference on the island and across the region for years to becoming a municipality bringing up the rear,” Padilla said.

For the PP, Tran Tran is a clear example: a community initiative that began and grew with the support of local residents, turning Gran Tarajal into a cultural hub, is now in a state of uncertainty “because of the local government’s poor management and planning”. “We cannot allow poor management to destroy what makes us different. Tran Tran is part of our history, our identity and our pride as a community,” the councillor concluded.