While in the field of Lorca jump alarms by the severe drought, the President of the CHS, a position appointed by the Popular Party, refuses to authorize the arrival of water from other donor basins to Segura, hiding in the guise of "caretaker government"
The PSOE councilor in the city of Lorca, Antonio Navarro has expressed the solidarity of socialists Lorca farmers, to the serious drought situation they are going through, while complain that red tape continue to hamper to carry out standardized way planting their crops.
In this sense, the PSOE show their support for any type of actoreivindicativo undertake irrigators, aimed at solving their problems by the lack of water, as scheduled for next October 13.
Navarro wanted to report on what happened at the meeting of the Bureau of Water last September 1, in which "it became apparent gravedadde laextrema Lorca irrigators to water scarcity".
At that meeting it became clear that "one of the options to get it would be to buy water from other basins cedentesque would be willing to sell it."
However, Navarro said that "this option is bloqueadaporque the President of the Hydrographic Confederation of Segura, a position appointed by the PP and who will have to give permission, he says he is acting by the lack of government at the national level and , therefore, he refuses to sign the authorization. "
For the council of the PSOE "an official or politician who religiously takes his salary every month can not disregard that manerasus responsibilities, even being in critical situations suchas urgency is suffering lorquino field today."
Therefore, Navarro insists that "if the President of the CHS is acting, what you should do is to fulfill its functions. Otherwise, resign immediately."
Desalination halfheartedly by the lack deprevisióndel People 's Party
On the other hand, from the PSOE again insist that the desalination of Eagles "remains one of the few real options for getting water for irrigation".
However, as has denounced the PSOE on numerous occasions "the desalination plant is working at 75% capacity by the lack of foresight of the PP and not to increase its energy power as well remains paralyzed construction of regulatory rafts and pressure. "
Navarro says that this situation of "blocking and lack of solutions" by the Popular Party causes quelos farmers "are having to reduce their plantacionesen around 40%." "One of the pillars and economic engines lorquina economy will have to reduce its activity by 40%, "laments the socialist mayor.
The PSOE considered queni farmers Lorca, Lorca nor the economy can afford to slow down their activity.
For Navarro "The situation is dramatic and the solution is in the offices."
In this sense, the PSOE claim that "the PP and not you worth more excuses, let alone maintain, as does the President of the CHS, the excuse that there is now a functioning government", he remembers that "have been unable to give a definitive solution to this problem after decades of majority of the PP in the region and four years of government of Rajoy ".
Navarro recalled that precisely "the Memorandum People's Party is the one that does not come legally allowing water to Lorca the Tajo-Segura in times of drought, like the present".
Moreover, he insists that "today, being water desalination did not want anyone one of the few alternatives to the drought that has the lorquino field" however "political decisions of PP make may not work full performance".
Finally, the socialist mayor invites the Community of Irrigators to continue to forcefully defend the interests of their irrigators.
"Do not accept the easy response excuse that you can not give solution to their demands because there is a" caretaker government ".
Source: PSOE Lorca