The socialist deputy for Lanzarote and La Graciosa, Marcos Bergaz, demanded this Tuesday in the Parliament of the Canary Islands the “maximum institutional collaboration” from the regional government in the face of the open conflict surrounding the management of the integral water cycle on the island and the process initiated to resolve the contract with the concessionaire company of the service.
During a question addressed to the counselor of Territorial Policy, Territorial Cohesion and Water, Manuel Miranda (CC), Bergaz conveyed the existing concern in Lanzarote about the water situation the island is experiencing, marked —as he stated— "by repeated supply cuts, losses exceeding 50% of the water produced and the need to undertake urgent investments to guarantee an essential service".
The parliamentarian focused a good part of his speech on the conflict with Canal Gestión Lanzarote, within the framework of the procedure agreed by the Water Consortium —made up of the Cabildo and the seven town councils of the island— to resolve the contract with "Ayuso's non-compliant concessionaire company in Lanzarote" and initiate the procedure for the intervention of the service.
In this context, Berğaz warned that Lanzarote may face a "legal conflict of great magnitude", with possible economic claims announced by the company, and defended the need for all administrations to act in a coordinated manner to protect the general interest.
For this reason, he asked the counselor about the political, technical, legal, and economic support measures that the Canary Executive plans to make available to the Water Consortium, as it is a "strategic and fundamental" matter for Lanzarote and La Graciosa, as it directly affects the supply of homes, the primary sector, and the business fabric.
Bergaz insisted that water must be addressed as “an island issue” and appealed to preserve institutional unity despite the “swings” of the current island government of Coalición Canaria and Partido Popular.
Along these lines, he recalled that at the beginning of the term, Canal Gestión was presented as part of the solution to the water crisis, and that now it is being pointed out as a company that is a "repeat offender" in breaching the contract. Likewise, he criticized that the island government announced additional economic resources for hydraulic investments through the additional provision 64 of the 2025 regional budgets and that, finally, it "remained silent when said funds did not end up being activated".
Despite the political discrepancies, the socialist deputy asked the Canarian Government to put "all political, legal, technical, and logistical resources" at the service of Lanzarote to face a conflict that he described as "an entire island issue".
“Above political differences and swings, the interest of my island and its people will always be,” he concluded.
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