Crotone – The secretary of the Federation of the Democratic Party of the province of Crotone, Leo Barberiostrongly denounces the imminent disaster for the Crotone community that is looming on the horizon.
“The evidence – writes Barberio in a note – is now clear: the plan to allow ENI to leave the waste from the reclamation of the former Pertusola in Crotone is almost complete. 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, scheduled for next June 26th at 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, 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 breach for the construction of a new landfill. MASE, without any opinion from 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, 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 minority councilors, but the President of the Regional Council Filippo Mancuso and the council led by Roberto Occhiuto try to postpone the session showing a complicity that does not we can tolerate.
The Mayor of Crotone, Vincenzo Voce, who declared that “ENI owes nothing to the city of Crotone”, has not taken a clear position, preferring to publish only what is convenient for him, such as the request from MASE to have an answer to his questions, hiding, however, the response from ENI which he received last May 28th.
The only solution to protect Crotone is modify the Regional Waste Plan before June 26th. 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 that 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 services conference on June 26th approves the changes to the 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.
