The Murcia World
Murcia
Updated Wednesday, February 14, 2024-20:17
Farmers from Campo de Cartagena cut off traffic this Wednesday at the Regional Assembly and blocked the exits to prevent the regional president,
Fernando López Miras
, from leaving the building, whose official car was shaken by the protesters and had to return to the building. garage.
There are several dozen vehicles, both tractors and trucks and trailers, some loaded with lemons and other fruit and vegetable products, which have parked in both lanes of the avenue, preventing the circulation of vehicles.
The farmers also managed to reach the rear area of Parliament, where the other exit is located, to prevent the deputies from leaving the Chamber, according to the Efe agency.
The Murcian president, who had appeared in the afternoon session to answer a package of questions about support measures for the agricultural sector and protection and recovery of the Mar Menor,
had to return inside
the building when a group of protesters shook the tourism in which he was preparing to leave Cartagena.
The vice president of the Community,
José Ángel Antelo
, the parliamentary spokesperson of the PP,
Joaquín Segado,
and the deputy and head of agriculture for the popular Murcians,
Jesús Cano
, among others, have gone out to the door of the Assembly to speak with the farmers .
It so happens that, before the start of the parliamentary session, ambulance technicians were also gathering at the doors of the Assembly demanding a fair collective agreement, which is why both protests have shared the same space.