The Xunta reproaches the Government for not activating the National Pollution Plan in response to the dumping of plastic on the coast

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, 6 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Minister of the Sea, Alfonso Villares, has reproached the central government for not having activated the National Marine Pollution Emergency Plan in response to the plastic spill after the loss of several containers from a ship that was sailing off the coast of Portugal.

In statements to the media this Saturday afternoon in Porto do Son, the head of the Sea has once again claimed that the Xunta is "with Rescue, with the Environment and also in contact with the mayors, the bosses and the people of the sea." to inform them of what is happening."

"We make all the means available to lend a hand to the town councils and that is what we will continue to do," he stated, before pointing out that "the important thing is to collect all the material as soon as possible."

Thus, despite the fact that this same Saturday the central government has assured that it informed the regional Executive of this situation on December 20 at 6:30 p.m., Villares has once again accused the central administration of informing them "by emails on the 3rd and January 4."

Some communications that, according to the councilor, explain that the Government delegate and the Ministry for the Ecological Transition were already aware of the issue "since December 20", but the Department "was not informed of anything." "We wonder what happened during those days and if the central government is hiding some type of information," he questioned.

For Alfonso Villares, these emails show that both the delegate and the Ministry "are aware of this circumstance," so, "knowing that there may be an important environmental problem," he asks, "how do they not activate the National Emergency Plan of Marine contamination".

"They are the ones who can do it and they are the ones who had to do it once they had all the data that Portugal had provided," he lamented.