"The mayor of Tinajo, Jesús Machín, should have explained this Wednesday before the Plenary what steps he has taken to solve the serious water problems suffered by the municipality, but instead he decided to leave out of the agenda that appearance that had been requested by the Renovating Movement of Tinajo. We find it regrettable," questioned the party's spokesman, Antonio Morales.
According to the councilor, the mayor's "excuse" was that he planned to convene "a supposed extraordinary plenary" to discuss this issue, "but the reality is that the residents have been suffering an unsustainable situation for years, while the mayor continues to refuse to give explanations."
"Here it is demonstrated once again that he does not see as a priority the issues that are essential and vital for the residents of the municipality of Tinajo and once again turns his back on their demands," reproaches Morales.
"We find it regrettable that the mayor lets more days pass and does not give explanations about the steps he has taken," insists the councilman, who considers that Jesús Machín "missed this opportunity that was given to him to explain what steps he has taken before the Island Water Consortium or before Canal Gestión, if he has really taken any."
"He believes that he should not give those explanations yet, and now we have to wait supposedly for an extraordinary plenary," he laments, recalling that "meanwhile, the residents have to continue enduring that there is no water every day in the municipality, that cuts are carried out without prior notice and that some areas spend up to a full week without supply."
"Inexplicable rejection to subsidize renewable energies"
In the Plenary held this Wednesday, the government group also rejected a motion from the Renovating Movement of Tinajo in which it requested that the City Council subsidize or totally or partially bonus the installation of renewable or photovoltaic energies in the municipality. "Again, he showed how little he cares about beneficial initiatives for the residents," says Antonio Morales.
The MRT councilman recalls that last March they already took this motion to the Plenary and the mayor's response was that they were "working on it," and that they were going to inform themselves with other municipalities "to see how they were doing it." Five months later, in the August Plenary, the formation asked again how those steps were going, and "the response was that there had been no progress, again giving excuses" that there was "accumulation of a lot of work and projects" and that "they had not been able to move anything with this issue."
Faced with that response, the party took the motion back to the Plenary this Wednesday, since it considers that it is "vital for the residents and for the companies, especially in the current scenario, with a rise in electricity that is affecting the economy of the residents and companies, and that also has an impact on an increase in the price of the shopping basket."
"However, the response of the government group, which seven months ago said that it was already `working on it', was this time to vote against," criticizes Morales. "It is a shame that once again the mayor of Tinajo does not take into account the residents of the municipality, does not worry about helping them to be self-sufficient with renewable energies and to make the electricity bill and also the shopping basket more economical, and that he turns his back on this initiative of the Renovating Movement of Tinajo."
In this case, he explains that the argument of the government group was that "they did not have where to get the money for those subsidies," when "they are betting on them throughout Europe." "We were telling him that we have to prioritize, and the priority should be among other things this. And they should be agreements of the Corporation, and stop spending on things that are not so necessary at this time," concludes Antonio Morales.
