The Generalitat Valenciana assesses that the Spanish Government “lies” and “fails” to provide up to 20 cubic hectometers of water committed by the State administration, of which only two have arrived. This was stated today by the Minister of Environment, Water, Infrastructure and Territory, Salomé Pradas, who announced that a request has been sent to the Ministry of Ecological Transition “so that the law is complied with.” And that going to court is not ruled out “given the risk that the Government has put La Albufera at.” The Ministry of Teresa Ribera denied this accusation last week and stated that more than 50 cubic hectometers have been transferred from the Xúquer and Turia basins.
Carlos Mazón has referred to the issue and has pointed out that “if it is true that the government of Spain has contributed the 18 cubic hectometers of ecological flow to which it committed; “If they tell us where and in what way the water entered the lake… If they tell me that the water entered on such a day, at this time, in this way, with this regulatory authorization, I will remain silent.” And he added that “but if they are not able to prove when and how the water has reached the lake, the lake that is dying, which has extraordinary plant and animal species that are at risk, if we are lying, let them tell us when.” They have put the water in. It is easy”.
For her part, the mayor of Valencia, María José Catalá, highlighted this Monday that “a common front has been spontaneously created in defense of the Albufera”, in which the media and almost all political parties are on the same side. , “from which only the ministry and the party that supports it have been left out,” in reference to the socialists. La Albufera, she added, receives ordinary contributions, which are partly used for crop irrigation, and an extraordinary contribution of 20 hm3 that is agreed by law. Therefore, the strategy of confusing the ordinary contribution with the extraordinary “is a lie that has very short feet, it does not even reach the corner,” the mayor declared.
The socialist ombudsman, José Muñoz, has indicated to the media that “responsible” water policies are needed in the Albufera and has stated that the Government of Spain “has always been characterized by having environmental sensitivity and respect” for the whole. of water and environmental heritage.
In the Albufera “what is needed is to manage it well, as the Government of Spain does,” said Muñoz, who has shown his concern about the policies of the Carlos Mazón Consell, since with a Minister of Agriculture “a climate change denier, It will be difficult to make adequate policies to guarantee the sustainability” of the lake.
For his part, the spokesperson for Compromís in Les Corts, Joan Baldoví, has indicated that the government must comply with the water contributions to La Albufera included in the royal decree. The Ombudsman of the Valencian coalition wanted, however, to denounce the hypocrisy of the Consell de Mazón and has asked both governments to stop fighting over X and comply with what was agreed.
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