Quintero Senate confirms his appointment as Minister of Agriculture.

El senador de Coalición Canaria, Narvay Quintero, has confirmed in the Government control session in the Senate that he will be the new Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing of the Canary Islands.

Quintero made this announcement in a questioning to Minister Isabel García Tejerina about the Canarian primary sector., whose relevance both have agreed to highlight from the economic point of view, social and territorial.

The Canarian parliamentarian explained that this was his last intervention in the Senate, where he will present his resignation after two terms in the chamber.

The minister wished him “all the successes” in his new stage as a counselor, in which both will coincide in other areas to continue “going deeper” in matters within their jurisdiction.

“We change our environment starting tomorrow”, García Tejerina told him, who has offered his collaboration because, as he has assured, They both defend the same thing: “the importance and enormous potential” of the agri-food sector.

during his farewell, Quintero has had words of gratitude for the president of the Senate, Pío García-Escudero, and the members of the Board, as well as for all political groups.

Also, has been dismissed from the institution's staff, to whom he has thanked the support and help they have given him, especially the interpreters, why, as pointed out, his “Canary Islands accent is often difficult to understand”.

The second vice president of the Senate, Yolanda Vicente, who at that time presided over the plenary session, has wished for Quintero “all the luck in your new political responsibility” and has highlighted his work in the institution.