The PSOE of Lanzarote has demanded the urgent appearance of the president of the Cabildo, Oswaldo Betancort, to give an account of his management of water on the island. Likewise, the socialists consider unacceptable his silence in the face of recent statements by Canal Gestión, the company that manages the integral water cycle, which has blamed the people of Lanzarote for consuming twice as much water as recommended by the UN, without providing data that distinguishes between the consumption of residents and tourists.
The general secretary of the PSOE in Lanzarote and deputy in Congress, María Dolores Corujo, has been forceful: "It is outrageous that Oswaldo Betancort remains silent while a private company dares to point to citizens as responsible, launching unfounded accusations. Instead of raising his voice in defense of the people of Lanzarote, the president of the Cabildo chooses to hide and allow attention to be diverted from what is truly important: his absolute inability to guarantee a basic service such as water, after years of ineffective management that is complacent with private interests."
Corujo recalled that "it is widely known that the tourist population consumes much more water than the resident population, especially in territories like Lanzarote. However, neither Canal Gestión nor Oswaldo Betancort dare to address the real problem: an uncontrolled tourism model, a collapsed infrastructure network, and a political management that has utterly failed."
"The president of the Cabildo should be giving explanations for the hundreds of towns affected by the cuts, for the lack of sustained investment in hydraulic infrastructure, and for allowing the management of an essential resource to remain in the hands of a company that has proven not to be up to the task. Instead, he remains silent and becomes an accomplice to an unsustainable situation," added the socialist leader.
From the PSOE of Lanzarote, they have pointed out that the water situation in Lanzarote has a name: Coalición Canaria. Likewise, they demand that Betancort "stop acting as a shield for Canal Gestión and start defending, once and for all, the citizens of this island." The socialists recall that they have consistently defended a public, efficient, and transparent management of the water cycle, far from the logic of private profit that has led to the current state of deterioration of the service.
