The leader of the People’s Party, Alberto Nunez Viejo, on Wednesday asked the government for a plan Immediate aid and exceptional measures for the sector affected by the swine fever crisis It “communicated” with the executive authority to “approval of the necessary measures in Parliament” with the aim of containing the outbreak of the disease and compensating those affected. This came during a meeting that brought together more than twenty representatives of the affected associations and companies from the agricultural, fishing, veterinary, professional, distribution and business sectors.
At the meeting, Figo was accompanied by the Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of the People’s Party, Alberto Nadal, and the agricultural leaders of the training, Carmen Crespo and Mila Marcos. During the meeting, the opposition leader called for: An exceptional plan to enhance monitoring of hunting of wild animalsand strengthening border inspections and promotional campaign, among other issues, the People’s Party said in a statement.
Feijóo informed those present that the PP has requested the appearance before Congress of the Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, and has registered a non-legal motion (PNL) with the position and claims, as well as a set of parliamentary questions posed to the government on the subject. According to the PP, in front of the state president, Salvador Illa, while traveling in Mexico, Feijóo showed the PP’s willingness to help the sector and asked “Combined efforts so that the epidemic continues to be contained.”
“The government’s ideological vision, which is based on criminalizing poachers and targeting the rural world, is the ultimate source of the crisis as it is responsible for Overpopulation and lack of controlHe added that given the “danger” that the scope of the problem might entail, the popular leader explained to those present that the PP’s autonomous regions were already adopting “coordinated measures” and expressed his readiness to cooperate with the government.
He said that, “I have contacted the government” Parliament must approve the necessary measures to contain the outbreak of the disease and compensate the sector in accordance with the development of the situation and the autonomous regions, according to the same statement.
Border control
Figo believes that the government should and should approve an extraordinary plan to strengthen control over hunting of wild animalsUpdate censuses to develop comprehensive measures Which enables stopping population increase and enhancing health security for the livestock sector. In addition, it called for an immediate and exceptional aid plan for the pork sector to “contain the price collapse affecting farms’ ability to survive, inform the population of the potential harm to human health and explicitly support the sector in the face of the Christmas campaign.”
The leader of the People’s Party demanded Strengthen border inspectionsIt is currently insufficient, in addition to increasing specialized veterinary and technical personnel, especially at border checkpoints in ports.
PP reported that on the one hand Affected sectorThe meeting was attended by Angel Villafranca and Gabriel Trinzado Falcon, from Cooperativas Agroalimentarias; Pedro Parato, President of ASAG; Josep Escandel, from the National Hunting Federation; Alberto Herranz of the Professional Pig Association; Ignacio Garcia Magarzo, General Manager of Asedas; Christian Gortazar, animal health expert; Juan Antonio Canovas of El Pozo; Carmina Samper from the Jorge Collection; and Christian Gortazar, animal health expert.
Also in attendance were COAG’s David Oreta Lazaro; Giuseppe Aloisio of ANICE; Jesús Manuel González Palacín, coordinator of the Peasants’ Union of Castile and León; Raúl Montoya Tellez, Technical Services of the Union Confederation; Thomas Rubialto of Vals; Mauricio Quevedo on behalf of FIAB; Jose Ramon Gonzalez, UPA Livestock Secretary; Pedro Mataranz of the UPA; José Luis Lopez, President of Artemisan; Adoracion Llorente, Director of the National Association of Selected Pig Breeders, representing ANPROGAPOR; and Gonzalo Moreno, President of the General Council of Veterinary Colleges in Spain.