The Councillor for Agriculture and Water, John Pagan, has demanded the Prime Minister's Office, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who "listen to the majority of popular sentiment and Murcia totanera society in general and the irrigation of this land" and force Socialist Party parliamentary group to return to the Status of Castilla La Mancha to the courts of this region.
Pagan called a "resounding success" the demonstration called by the Central Union of Irrigation Aqueduct Tajo-Segura, in which more than 1,800 Totana neighbors who moved in 32 buses traveled to the capital for insurance and freight for the Community Irrigation and own town, which brought the streets of Murcia about 500,000 people arriving from Levante, Murcia and Andalusia.
According to the councilman of Water, the message sent to Zapatero and the Government of the Nation, who will have the powers exclusively on water, was compelling enough to reconsider the central executive leader of the disastrous consequences that would approve the said statute, especially, jeopardizing the Tajo-Segura. "
The popular mayor said that "for once, the socialist government should reflect the requests of the Spanish Levante who she squeezed for years and meet the demands of thousands of citizens who demanded that he not close that supports the transfer tens of thousands of families living directly and indirectly from agriculture. "
In this regard, he recalled that "agriculture in Murcia is the most profitable and least funded of all Spain and that the transfer of the Tagus is the backbone of this sector," adding that "for over thirty years, farmers have received Murcia water from the Tagus to cooperate in the development of the Region of Murcia and its prosperity. "
The Socialists in the Region of Murcia, as Pagan, "have shown little influence in Madrid" and stated that Murcia need the Tajo-Segura because it is vital for agriculture, for human consumption and for industry and perseverance would be irresponsible to protect threatened by territorial interests. "
More information and photos:
Report I:
http://www.murcia.com/region/fotos/2009/manifestacion-defensa-trasvase/
Report II:
http://www.totana.com/cgi-bin/manifestacion-murcia-defensa-trasvase-2009.asp
