Citizens have reported that farmers who own cut flower greenhouses, who were affected by the devastating snowstorm of January 19, 2017, have not yet been able to access the aid promised by the regional government 14 months ago.
Luis Fernández, regional deputy for Citizens, and Jerónimo Moya, spokesperson for the orange training at Cehegín City Council, visited one of the affected farms and had the opportunity to talk with their owner "who has shown us his outrage at the enormous obstacles that the regional government is putting in order to have access to the subsidies that were announced to him, "said Moya.
In this sense, the spokesman for the orange formation in Cehegín has lamented the inaction of the regional government that still has not responded to the demands and demands of the farmers.
"We must remember that they promised that before a catastrophe of those dimensions they would make an extraordinary call for subsidies to help the injured farmers, a call that has not occurred.
As a result, many farmers have been forced to raise their infrastructures with their own means in the face of inaction by the regional government. "
For its part, Fernandez recalled that a few days after the storm the parliamentary group of Citizens registered in the Regional Assembly an initiative so that, as soon as possible, a line of aid was convened so that affected farmers could repair the infrastructure that They had deteriorated.
"The initiative was approved by all the political groups, but 14 months later we have seen how the regional government has done nothing."
"Given that we do not understand this inexplicable neglect, we will ask the Governing Council in the plenary session on Thursday, April 12, if they intend to call for this aid because we believe that this is a problem that would have to be solved for several months. Farmers can not wait forever, "concluded the deputy of Cs.
Source: Ciudadanos Región de Murcia