Yecla Mayor, Juan Miguel Benedito, accompanied by First Deputy Mayor, Mark Ortuño held a meeting this morning at City Hall, with members of the Platform in Defence of the Tajo-Segura recently set up.
The Mayor expressed their "total support of the City of Yecla with this initiative, especially from a city like ours that is going through a crisis regarding the issue of water and it has no credible alternative and feasible.
Yecla needs water, like the Region of Murcia and show that support for this newly created platform "
Benedito stated that "this transfer has been fundamental to the economic development of our region and if there were serious lapse of the great economic tragedy for our region ..
We can not allow and we must all work together in this regard. "
Andrés Hernández Ros, a member of the Platform in Defence of the Tajo-Segura, recalled that in recent months been working on an initiative to collect signatures to pretend that the transfer, which has been operating for over thirty years, continue to maintain .
He asserted that "we believe, a crucial task because we feel the danger and the risk that this may change ..
We are collecting signatures suggesting that the transfer must be maintained as this, and recalling that the head of water in our country is the State Government and the Congress of Deputies.
No one can do with partisan politics and territorial water. "
Ros Hernandez explained that they intend to collect half a million signatures, including the Region of Murcia and neighboring regions to arrive at the Congress of Deputies by the bill.
For this "we need the support of all sectors.
Local councils are central to organize this collection of signatures, to reach all citizens, because we are convinced that everyone will sign in support of the Tajo-Segura. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla