The farmers do not want “the agricultural sector to be controlled” and for this reason, they have stated, “we are all here so that the big economic powers cannot control the agricultural sector and that is why we ask for the support of the majority of the population and that they are aware of what is happening”.
A demonstration called by the Association of Agro Navarro Professionals Seed and Belarus and for the platform 6F This Saturday he walked through the streets of the center of Pamplona to ask respect from the primary sector of Navarre.
The march, in which members of the 6F platform from other provinces participated, started from Antoniutti Park, preceded by a banner with the motto “In defense of the primary sector” and passed along Army Avenue, Baja Navarra, Plaza de Merindades and Avenida. Carlos III ends at Plaza del Castillo.
Several children on pedal tractors opened the demonstration. José Chocarrospokesperson for the organizers, has assured the media that so far “it has all been good words, but we still have not signed anything” regarding their main demands.
“That is why we believe that today should be a day when people ‘listen to the demands of the agricultural sector in a demonstration held in a festive atmosphere’, but party just enough, because the countryside is not for parties and livestock farming. even less.”.
Regarding progress in the negotiations, he emphasized: “Nothing, the truth is so little, because the government of Navarre has joined us, but in the end the progress is minimal.” “We knew it was going very slowly” to negotiate with the government, “but what surprises us is that they are all good words, but on paper there is nothing, there is nothing that we can be proud of,” they explained .
Farmers demand the support of citizens
For his part, Fran Jaso He explained that this demonstration is a protest and is also festive “because we want people to have a good time, enjoy themselves and above all be peaceful. And what we want above all is to convey the message of the agricultural sector union and that this is everyone’s problem.”
Food production, he said, is the first link in the chain and therefore “this is something that concerns us all.” For this reason, farmers and ranchers demand the support of citizens and that they “realize how the system works,” he indicated.
Jaso has stated that farmers do not want “the agricultural sector to be controlled” and for this reason, he said, “we are all here so that the big economic powers cannot control the agricultural sector and that is why we ask for the support of the majority. of the population and be aware of what is happening.”
If there is no progress in the future, he asserted, “we will return to our struggle, not to the streets, to our struggle. And we will at all times take the measures we deem appropriate.” As an association, he emphasized, they want to “reach the largest number of employees, have power, be clear about things and start working.”
Source: EITB
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