The Socialist Group of the Cabildo of La Palma criticises that the announced aid to alleviate the Middle East crisis in the island's economy "has still not arrived". Councillor Manuel González urges the president to activate the measures.
The Socialist Group of the Cabildo of La Palma has denounced that the promised aid from the island institution to address the effects of the Middle East crisis on the island's economy "has still not arrived". In a statement, the socialists have demanded that the president of the Cabildo activate the announced measures at once, which they consider to be "mere propaganda" from Coalición Canaria.
Socialist councillor Manuel González has been the one to highlight this situation during the last ordinary plenary session, where he questioned the Government Group about the status of the aid. "The reality is that as of today, this aid has not gone beyond being mere propaganda from Coalición Canaria, because it is neither here nor expected," González emphasised.
According to PSOE, the Middle East crisis is hitting key sectors of the Palmera economy hard, such as primary, transport, or food, worsened by the rising cost of fuels. "Unfortunately, we still have a government at the head of the Cabildo that does not face the real problems of the Island, beyond making constant announcements that it never fulfils or unjustifiably slows down the response," the councillor criticised.
González recalled that in April, the president of the Cabildo gathered La Palma's business owners to address this situation, which has special relevance in a context like that of the island, with double insularity and a great dependence on the outside. "A meeting from which few conclusions emerged, beyond the creation of a supposed monitoring observatory, of which nothing is known, and the commitment to a monthly agenda to monitor the situation, of which there are also no news," he pointed out.
The socialist added that, after that meeting, a shock plan was announced with supposed effective aid, but "the bases of which are still unknown." For PSOE, the inaction of the Cabildo contrasts with the dedication of the island Government to "showy policies, which do not benefit our society, and to constantly attack the Government of Spain to try to hold it responsible for its own ineffectiveness."
Manuel González urged the island Executive to "activate this aid at once because the situation has not changed; on the contrary, it has probably worsened as a result of the rising fuel costs, which affect strategic sectors such as primary, transport, or food."
The Middle East crisis has driven up the prices of fuels and raw materials, which directly impacts the economy of La Palma, especially in sectors such as agriculture and livestock, which depend on maritime and land transport for their supplies. Farmers and ranchers on the island have seen their production costs increase, while the promised aid from the Cabildo has not materialised.
PSOE has asked the president of the Cabildo to explain the status of the aid and to present a clear timetable for its activation. "We cannot allow the people of La Palma to continue waiting while the situation deteriorates," González concluded.
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