Irrigators and politicians cry out in Madrid against the cuts in the Tajo-Segura transfer: "It is a death sentence"

• Policy Ximo Puig asked Murcia for advice to appeal the reduction of the transfer of the Tagus-Segura

• Courts The Supreme Court endorses cutting the Tajo-Segura transfer: "The supply requires more protection than irrigation"

The

is already resonating in Madrid.

Numerous irrigators and politicians of different stripes demonstrated this Wednesday around the

in defense of the Tajo-Segura transfer under the warning that "without water the Levante dies", which is why several thousand concentrates demanded Vice President Teresa Ribera to reverse her strategy and listen to the affected territories.

Different groups of irrigators, convened by the central union of the aqueduct,

, and arrivals from the

and

, among other parts of Spain, marched against the cuts executed by the coalition government, since, as they denounce, it significantly weakens "fruitful" regions in the agri-food sector and does not respond to any scientific criteria, but to "sectarian" and "political" reasons.

Together with them, different political leaders of these autonomies demonstrated: the president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, although not that of the Valencian Community, the socialist Ximo Puig.

The Valencian Minister of Agriculture,

, from Compromís, has come in her place.

Also her Andalusian counterpart, the

, as well as the national president of Vox, Santiago Abascal, among others.

They all demanded that the Executive of Pedro Sánchez guarantee water for all Spaniards "under the same conditions."

"I am not going to allow some communities to be pitted against others, some regional presidents against others, and some Spaniards against others," López Miras proclaimed in a statement to the media.

However, he said he had little hope that the government would back down despite protests from the agricultural sector: "They have never listened to us."

In fact, in parallel, the third vice president of the Government insisted on the plan against which the irrigators are protesting and remarked that there are five

that force the establishment of ecological flows and therefore reduce the amount of water that is transferred from the Tagus to the Safe.

More drought and unemployment

"You are drowning us", illustrated the banners displayed by farmers who came to Madrid to protest before the Vice President of the Government Teresa Ribera for the plan designed by the Government for the Tagus basin, which, according to their regret, will significantly increase the drought and unemployment in these regions.

A strategy for which not only Andalusia and Murcia have presented allegations.

As this newspaper publishes this Wednesday, the Valencian Council asked López Miras for advice to write their own.

"It is a political decision," denounced the Murcian president, who is leading the battle for water against the Government, upon his arrival at the rally near Nuevos Ministerios, on Paseo de la Castellana.

In an identical line, Crespo pronounced: "It is an unfair decision knowingly, they are giving a death sentence to a transfer that has existed since 1979," he indicated in statements collected by Efe.

Meanwhile, Vox is also trying to capitalize on the fight for a fair distribution of water.

The party led by Santiago Abascal asserted that the transfer is today "in danger" due to the "consensus" between the PSOE, the PP and Ciudadanos and that only they defend "the water unity of Spain."

"Neither globalist agendas nor separatist concessions can prevent everyone's access to water," Abascal explained.

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