CROTONE The secretary of the Federation of the Democratic Party of the province of Crotone, Leo Barberio, “strongly denounces the imminent disaster for the Crotone community that looms on the horizon.” «The evidence – writes Barberio in a note – is now clear: the plan to allow a Eni to leave the waste from the reclamation of the former Pertusola in Crotone it is almost completed. Complicit in this disaster are the president of the Calabria Region Roberto Occhiuto, the Ministry of the Environment, and the mayor of Crotone Vincenzo Voce».
«The decision-making services conference – insists Barberio -, scheduled for next June 26th at the Mase, will be the theater of this “perfect murder”. The documentation confirms Eni Rewind’s desire to identify sites for the disposal of special toxic waste within the municipality of Crotone”.
«In particular – explains Barberio -, a note dated 21 May 2024 registered by Mase (n. 93116) highlights the proposal of the Maio Guglielmo Srl company for the construction of a plant in the Giammiglione area, an attempt rejected seven times in the last 20 years, that the recent adoption of the new regional waste plan by the Calabria Region on 13 March 2024, combined with the request for variation of the Pob Phase 2 on 15 March 2024, opens a gap for the construction of a new landfill. The Mase, without any opinion from the local authorities, already seems to take for granted the creation of a landfill of five million tons of waste, a decision that would imply serious consequences for the Crotone community”.
«The Democratic Party – reports Barberio -, together with the minority councilors of the Regional Council, is actively trying to modify the Regional Waste Plan to prevent this massacre by convening an ad hoc council session following a joint request from all the councilors minority, but the president of the Regional Council Filippo Mancuso and the council led by Roberto Occhiuto are trying to postpone the session, showing a complicity that we cannot tolerate.”
«The mayor of Crotone, Vincenzo Voce – recalls Berberio -, who declared that “Eni owes nothing to the city of Crotone”, did not take a clear position, preferring to publish only what was convenient for him, such as the Mase’s request to have a response to his questions, hiding, however, the response from Eni which he received last May 28th”.
«The only solution to protect Crotone – hopes Berberio – is to modify the regional waste plan before 26 June. We must not listen to the propaganda of Voce and Occhiuto who propose a new law to modify the areal factor, a measure that would come too late to stop the creation of the Giammiglione landfill. With the modification of the Regional Waste Plan, we can strengthen the 2019 agreement which obliges Eni to dispose of waste outside the region. The Democratic Party will continue to fight for the well-being and health of the citizens of Crotone, opposing any attempt to exploit our territory for economic interests to the detriment of our community.”
«If the decision-making Conference of Services on June 26 – warns Berberio – were to approve the changes to Pob phase 2 leaving the waste in Crotone, we will proceed through legal channels by delegating the appeal to the TAR to the lawyer Pitaro, who follows the legal aspects of the matter. . We will not allow such an injustice to be perpetrated against the citizens of Crotone”, concludes Barberio.
