The president of the PP Mallorca and the Consell, Llorenç Galmés, met in Sineu with the mayors, spokespersons of the party popular in the towns of Pla and with the local council of the municipality itself to discuss the construction of the macro poultry farm of 750,000 chickens in this town in the interior of the island.
The president explained that the PP opposes the development of the project because “We are here to improve the lives of Majorcans and to support them in their demands.
Llorenç Galmés defended this “There is no other way to do politics “by listening carefully to the problems.” For this reason, he stressed, “we have called this meeting so that those who are aggrieved can share their concerns.”
“The voice that counts is that of the citizensand in this case the neighbors, the town halls, the farmers and the associations have already spoken.
Galmés added that “we understand that These installations would have a negative impact both in the well-being of the neighbours and in the territory in which it is located” and referred to the existence of negative and unfavourable reports from institutions, including the Ministry of Agriculture, the Sineu Town Hall and the Consell de Mallorca.
In fact, the Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment has already issued two unfavourable reports against this poultry farm.
To this must be added the opposition of the majority of the business sector, the Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises of Mallorca (Pimem), the Unió de Pagesos and the Association of Agricultural and Ecological Production of Mallorca (Apaema), who consider that this project This would attack and destroy the primary tissue and affect more areas.
This was recently stated by the president of Pimem, Jordi Mora; that of the Unió de Pagesos, Jeanne Gaia, and that of Apaema, Miguel Coll.
“From the primary sector and Pimem, we join the opposition of this farm of 750,000 chickens,” said Mora, stressing that Pimem recognizes the private initiative, but “not if the impact is so negative on the territory with effects on other sectors and on the citizens.
Mora considered that the macro-farm project “is oversized, it is industrial and intensive and therefore it is a business model that Mallorca does not need” and encouraged political leaders to “act against the macro-project”.
For his part, Coll stressed that Apaema presented a manifesto that criticizes the macrofarm agrarian exploitation model, detached from Majorcan agriculture, considering that it destroys the primary fabric.
According to Gaià, from Unió de Pagesos, this project does not help to give a realistic image of the primary sector. “From an environmental point of view, it is not sustainable, it is an industrial project and not an agricultural one,” he stressed.
The Sineu Town Hall itself, governed by the popular Tomeu Mulet, who in the 28M elections obtained an absolute majority with seven councilors, thus chaining his second term, opposes the construction of this macro-farm and has helped and guided the neighbors so that they can present allegations to the project.
On July 29, the City Council unanimously approved (PSIB-PSOE, Més per Mallorca and PP) a motion that showed the rejection of this project by the population and urged the government team to present amendments as an institution, to highlight the negative effects on the environment, health and social impacts that this can cause to neighbors.
This motion was also approved in Maria de la Salut and will be addressed by the municipal corporations of Llubí and Lloret de Vistalegre, with the aim of creating a common political and social front in the three municipalities closest to the city. Son Vanrell Farm where this macro poultry farm is planned.
