During the afternoon of Tuesday, held a panel-discussion on Agriculture and Water in the Region of Murcia, organized by UPyD in the municipality of Cieza, during which representatives of COAG as guests and FECOAM.
The event was attended by Manuel Martinez and Pascual Horton, president of COAG Cieza and responsible FECOAM Bone fruit, as well as responsible for Agriculture UPyD Murcia, José Antonio Sotomayor, and was moderated by Jesus Perez Agriculture responsible for training in Cieza magenta.
José Antonio Sotomayor began his presentation by expressing doubts that has always attracted the Ebro transfer repealed and that the exorbitant price of water, seemed more aimed at watering golf courses and fruit farms.
It also exposed, during his speech, the problems raised by the memorandum signed by the five CCAA MAGRAMA, highlighting the magenta training position against the MoU, which is interpreted from the party of Rosa Díez as a capitulation to the interests of the PP Castilla-La Mancha, and involves the transfer Death Foretold in drought years, which will surely come in the very short term, seriously endangering the immediate future of the most innovative fruit of the Region of Murcia.
Meanwhile Jesus Perez, head of Cieza UPyD Agriculture, exposed the deception involved in the Memorandum signed between the regions and the central union of irrigators, as "increase the cubic are transferable to the Segura basin, depending on 4 levels established in ", without any doubt, 2 of this level," terribly damaging to our Region of Murcia, leaving farmers helpless Murcia when the reservoirs in the headwaters of the Tagus available under 400 hectometers ".
In this case, "does not authorize any transfer when most needed and drought is acute in our region.''
And he made a harsh criticism both as PSOE PP, stating that "they have run the legitimacy and credibility to discuss water issues" since agriculture still the main economic activity in our region, "the diplomat but ineffective according betrays his indifference to this problem, as well as all the jobs that are created directly and indirectly. "
For their part, representatives of COAG and FECOAM took the floor showing "the fear of the veiled clauses signers" and showed his "distrust of the action of the major political parties," where "a transfer that was built on a dictatorial era, was handled in a better way than being in democracy. "
This bipartisanship has politicized water policy showing a "no interest in the tight economic situation of farmers and their crops and generating jobs."
Also showed their concern "about the declining value of their holdings" progressively more expensive as the cost of irrigation, attractive production possibility disappears.
After his speech, UPyD encouraged to "continue the struggle together farmers, in favor of water resources"
Finally, the representative of Agriculture and magenta party councilor in the city of Murcia, José Antonio Sotomayor, offered to all farmers the tools that your party has to fight for water supply to this region, and said that since UPyD Region of Murcia, "has already been requested on several occasions that start Minister Cañete Arías studies on a new national water plan that can supply the needed water to the basin of the Segura"
UPyD regional coordinator, Rafael Sanchez, who was present at yesterday's ceremony given the importance of the subject matter, was asked by farmers UPyD commitment attendees with farmers where personally stated their commitment "as is UPyD national implementation only party that defends the same in all regions, although some, such decisions may harm us electorally. "
Source: UPyD Cieza