The socialist deputy for Lanzarote and La Graciosa, Marcos Bergaz, demanded this Tuesday in the plenary session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands from the regional government and the Cabildo of Lanzarote to end the institutional confrontation they have maintained since last August over the "failed" Renewable Acceleration Zone (ZAR) on the island.During his speech, Bergaz demanded that the Minister of Ecological Transition, Mariano Hernández Zapata (PP), and the president of the Cabildo, Oswaldo Betancort (CC) clarify the contradictions that have arisen after the presentation of the ZAR Protocol, about which—he recalled—"they boasted of being the first in the Canary Islands," but about which they are now "incapable of explaining and agreeing on the errors detected in the maps."According to the socialist parliamentarian, said maps define the **lands intended for the implementation of photovoltaic plants and wind farms**, and have generated an "incomprehensible and irresponsible" institutional confrontation between two administrations governed by the same parties, Coalición Canaria and Partido Popular, due to the effects derived from these "errors", still without a consensual explanation from the two signing administrations.Bergaz recalled that the Renewable Acceleration Zone affects 3,163 hectares —the equivalent of 4,200 football fields and 3.75% of the island's territory—, although the official documents themselves point out that "the actual occupation necessary to meet the decarbonization objectives of 2030 would be barely 0.23%".“What was the need for the Canary Islands Government to delay for months the submission of the required file from the ZAR? What is the need for the Cabildo not to publish the truly agreed-upon maps? And what is the need to continue with this spectacle of institutional confrontation due to the lack of a joint explanation from the Canary Islands Government and the Cabildo?”, he questioned from the parliamentary seatThe deputy demanded the immediate end of "an intolerable exercise of contradictions, bad image, and opacity," and called on both administrations to show their faces once and for all to the citizenry"Stop hiding and give a joint explanation. Do it in Lanzarote, in La Graciosa or right here, in Parliament, but agree and put an end to this mess that you yourselves have created," urged Bergaz, warning that the energy transition "cannot be managed with political confrontation."Bergaz closed his speech by calling on the Canary Islands Government and the Cabildo to act "with political responsibility, legal certainty, and institutional loyalty," considering it "inadmissible" that while the regional Executive defends the technical rigor and consensus of the ZAR, the Cabildo demands its suspension due to an alleged absolute nullity of all actions taken so far.
