The president of the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC), Juan Avello, warned this Tuesday that "it is not good to legislate in haste" referring to the housing decrees that the Government plans to approve today in the Council of Ministers, reminding that "any decision made about the housing market generates significant effects."
Before the media, after meeting with the president of the Parliament, Astrid Pérez, on the occasion of the delivery of the annual report of the TSJC, Avello emphasized that "what we judges do is apply that law and respect it. That is the democratic system. But I believe that it is not good to legislate based on specific social realities. It is not good to legislate in haste. Any type of decision made about the housing market generates significant effects."
The president of the Canary Islands' high court insisted that if the new regulations "generate insecurity, if certain legislation is applied retroactively or if it is legislated in relation to a specific case, there is the risk and danger that many owners will escape, flee from the rental market and perhaps create a contrary problem."
In this line, Avello recalled that "in this country, housing is needed. It would be more interesting to face that reality, to facilitate administrative processing, to remove bureaucratic obstacles. I am not an expert in urban planning, but it is another avenue of action. Caution must be exercised in the application of norms."