Arturo Medina, coordinator of the PRI deputies in the State Congress, warned that the agricultural sector could face its worst crisis in decades if the Water Law is approved in its current form.
Medina explained that the changes to which the ruling party apparently conceded do not alter the substance of the original proposal, as they are essentially word substitutions that have no fundamental effect on the legislation’s intent.
“What the ruling party legislators have done is attempt to deceive producers throughout the country; they continue to promote the centralization of water-related decisions, continue to impose bureaucratic procedures that reduce certainty in the transfer of water rights, and continue to criminalize producers. None of the modifications change the proposal’s objective of making water a tool for political control,” he emphasized.
Medina warned that the country’s farmers “are not fools,” as Morena, he said, implies with its attempt at deception. Therefore, he warned of a possible social explosion as a consequence of a law whose drafting process did not involve listening to the people; on the contrary, they were ignored.
He emphasized that what is coming is not only a crisis for the agricultural sector, but also for the country’s food sovereignty, the national economy, and Mexican democracy.
The legislator called on the conscience of the Morena party representatives, especially those representing Chihuahua, to oppose the approval of the law in its current form: “It is time for them to stand with the people and stop automatically voting for what they are told by the country’s political elite,” he said.
He recalled that legislators from all political parties have listened to the farmers right here in the state, and that those from the PRI party, specifically, are calling at the federal level to halt the law’s approval.
Finally, he stated that there should be no rush in its approval, since the producers have not been listened to enough and the initiative does not reflect the reality of the countryside, but rather a bureaucratic vision of it.
Source: congresochihuahua
