The deputy of Nueva Canarias (NC) in Congress, Pedro Quevedo, confirmed this Friday that he will demand explanations from the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, for "destroying the natural, cultural and tourist heritage values of Lanzarote with the installation of an Integral Exterior Surveillance System (SIVE) in the Guinate viewpoint."
The NC spokesperson joined the protest demonstrations of NC on the island, and of the conejera society "with the request for clarification from the Haría City Council for its inhibition in this controversy."
After defending for years before the State Administration, "whatever its political color", the installation of a SIVE in the north of the island to cover the blind spot that prevents locating the boats and to avoid tragedies due to the death of migrants from Africa in their attempt to reach the Canary coasts, Quevedo criticized Interior for starting the works of this infrastructure in the Guinate viewpoint "against the interests of the people of Lanzarote, through an apparent imposition."
In the opinion of the NC congressman, there are two "clear" responsible parties in this conflict. Firstly, the ministerial department of Grande-Marlaska for acting with "absolute ease when it comes to liquidating one of the most beautiful viewpoints" on the island. Secondly, the spokesperson for the progressive Canarians in the Lower House questioned the "surprising inhibition" of the Haría City Council, which "did not present a single alternative knowing that the works were going to begin."
After supporting the protest mobilizations of NC in Lanzarote, and of the conejera society to stop the destruction of this space of natural, cultural and tourist value, "reflection of the special awareness about heritage" that exists on the island; Quevedo announced that he will work "on two levels."
He referred, in the first place, to the presentation of a question to the head of the Ministry of the Interior "for the procedure used to locate this surveillance system" and, if for this, it is "necessary to liquidate a part of the island's heritage." A situation, he censured, that has generated an "extraordinary alarm and discomfort" among the citizens.
He also addressed the municipal officials of the Haría City Council so that they "put on the table an alternative that paralyzes the hole opened in a space on the Famara cliff with spectacular views of the Chinijo archipelago and the island of La Graciosa." Pedro Quevedo reproved "the abandonment of municipal responsibilities in the control of the territory and heritage."
