Narvay QuinteroEl senador de Coalición Canaria, Narvay Quintero, ha confirmado en la sesión de control al Gobierno en el Senado que será el nuevo consejero de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca de Canarias.

Quintero ha hecho este anuncio en una interpelación a la ministra Isabel García Tejerina sobre el sector primario canario, cuya relevancia ambos han coincidido en destacar desde el punto de vista económico, social y territorial.

El parlamentario canario ha explicado que esta era su última intervención en el Senado, donde presentará su baja tras dos legislaturas en la cámara.

La ministra le ha deseado “todos los éxitos” en su nueva etapa como consejero, en la que ambos coincidirán en otros ámbitos para seguir “profundizando” en los asuntos de sus competencias.

“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.