Milan December 23, 2010 - Despite actions for the mobilization of citizens through email and principals during the month of November, the region Lombardy has approved the water service at PDL 57. Tuesday December 22 at 17.00, after a very busy session, the political forces of the majority (PDL and the Northern League) have given the green light to PDL 57 with some small changes to the version licensed by the Commission VIII on 25 November, where c 'had a favorable opinion of the hip.
In the final vote all the forces of opposition (PD-IDV-UDC-SEL) left the room, denouncing the lack of urgency of this measure, and the inadequacy of the law in fact relies on the water market and multinationals ready to enter the water management in Italy. This measure, said Rosario Lembo, president of the Italian contract World Water ago that "the Lombardia region stands out once again to be the forerunner of the models of water privatization proposed by the national government with the Ronchi Decree, offering companies the opportunity to European corporations grab the efficient management Lombard public companies controlled by municipalities so far. In parallel there was once again the farce of a league, a champion of local self-defense and property. of the territories, who agreed to expropriate the managerial autonomy of its common services water by transferring powers to the province. " The majority of forces have also deliberately ignored the guidance of the National Government and the demand for altre Regioni di posticipare la soppressione degli AATO al 31/12/12011, come confermato dal
decreto Mille Proroghe approvato nella stessa giornata dal governo. In merito al provvedimento i comitati dell'acqua avevano chiesto il rinvio della discussione in aula in attesa della definizione del quadro legislativo nazionale entro cui impostare norme regionali sulla gestione dell'acqua pubblica a seguito dello svolgimento dei referendum sull'acqua nella primavera del 2011. Il Coordinamento dei Comitati chiedeva inoltre alla regione l'avvio di una riflessione politica sulle modalità di organizzazione del servizio idrico integrato impostata sui bacini idrici e non sulla dimensione amministrativa provinciale e, tenuto conto della recente sentenza della Corte Costituzionale, the classification of water service as a public service of local interest, to be organized on a regional basis, providing direct management by means of a consortium of municipalities. In order to preserve the decision-making autonomy of the municipalities as to how the custody of the water service, the Coordinating Committee calls for the acceptance of an amendment that would allow the establishment of a special consortium leader in the Province, instead of the Company special assembly which consists of all the mayors of the scope, is the ruling body for the resolution of custody of the service, rather than delegating the same function to a board of three persons as stipulated in Article 48 of the PDL 57. This option would enable them to maintain the requirements of current legislation and Community expectations for the management of a company completely owned by the public. "At this point," said Rosario Lembo Lombard on behalf of the committees for the defense of public water, "to counter the new regional legislative framework that provides only the instrument of competition for the award must retrieve the Lombardi mayors' enthusiasm and political will activated in the first place to defend the autonomy of decision-making authority over the entire field of 2011, according to the national extension. Secondly, the city council must reclaim the spirit of the referendum that led the Lombard 144 alla modifica della precedente legge regionale sull'acqua che imponeva l'obbligo della messa a gara dei servizi idrici chiedendo una modifica del Pdl 57 e nel contempo sostenere la campagna referendaria dichiarandosi Comitati per il si".
