The Congress of Jalisco approved the incorporation of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga into the Intermunicipal Drinking Water and Sewage System (SIAPA).
In extraordinary session, The Legislature, with 28 votes in favor, decided that Tlajomulco would be the new municipality that joins the SIAPA networks and be part of the organization’s networks, so it would have access to the water that reaches the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara.
The Citizen Movement deputy, Priscilla Franco, defended the incorporation of the municipality, ensuring that they have the right to request it, although this will be done progressively, without the number of neighborhoods and homes that will receive water from SIAPA having yet been determined.
“The municipality was requesting to join through an association – agreement with the State Government to provide water service to the accounts and neighborhoods that are determined so that it is progressive.”
The legislator clarified that it will be the municipality and the inter-municipal body those who determine which neighborhoods will have priority to be incorporated and provide the service.
Despite the criticism that SIAPA has received for the water shortage, as well as for the poor quality, affecting thousands of neighborhoods in the city, even having to apply discounts for those affected users, Priscilla Franco clarified that it must be seen for the benefits that the citizens of that municipality may have.
It was endorsed, with 28 votes in favor, that Tlajomulco is the new municipality that joins the SIAPA networks. EL INFORMADOR/ M. Hernández.
The deputy explained that there must be accountability on the part of the municipal authorities: “The previous administration requested that. We have to be looking out for the interests of the citizens. Of course there are (conditions). We have to ensure that the quality of the service provided by SIAPA is fulfilled.”
Therefore, SIAPA will now have 7 municipalities under its affiliation: Guadalajara, Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, Tonalá and El Salto and Juanacatlán were recently added along with Tlajomulco.
Morena’s deputy, José María Martínez, accused that the municipality seeks to evade responsibility for the water supply for its inhabitants:
“It is the obligation of municipalities to take charge of primary public services: water; another, city councils have no legal obligation to present initiatives.”
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