2024-10-19 19:48:00
UNE leader and former provincial representative Mariano Mansilla announced the Public debate on the status of the El Chocón, Alicurá, Cerros Colorados and Piedra del Águila hydroelectric power plant dams.
“Forum to Defend Rivers and Restore Hydropower Plants” convened in the face of national government’s privatization attempts Held on Tuesday, October 22, at 5:30 pm in the Auditorium of the Faculty of Engineering, National University of Comahiro (UNCo).
The debate will focus on The dam’s concession expired two years ago and the governments of Alberto Fernández and Javier Mire decided to extend it.
As Mansiela expressed in a statement to CALF radio, the core issue is that after the 1994 constitutional reform, Water resources are owned by the provinces, but decisions about hydropower concessions remain the sole responsibility of the central government.
“Although the constitution stipulates that rivers are provincial property, the provinces of Neuquén and Rio Negro are not involved and the privatization process is being consolidated,” he stressed.
Mansiela condemns national government cFour companies were created to manage the dams, with plans to sell the stakes in a package to private parties, excluding the provinces involved in the decision-making. He described the situation as causing concern among Neuquén’s political circles,They see the lack of provincial involvement as a throwback to the “pre-constitutional” period, when the territories were considered a federation.
The former deputy noted that issues around the dams are part of a larger dispute between provinces and the country over river management, Especially in the Neuquén region, water is of vital importance.
Oil and gas will run out, but rivers will continue
«Oil and gas will eventually decline, but the only thing left is the water cycle. Our rivers are the province’s primary natural and economic value.he said.
In addition to calling for debate, Mancilla announced that they will continue to file judicial proceedings with the Federal Court of Roca and, if necessary, with the Supreme Court.
“This is a long fight, but we will not agree to this privatization process that infringes on our sovereignty over the river” he said. He also stressed that this fight is crucial for the future of the region: “It is about our lives, it is about our future as a province, and it is about our dignity as Patagonians. . “
The leader concludedCalls upon all political and social forces in Neuquen and Rio Negro to unite to defend the region’s water resourcesinsisting that judicial and political struggles must be conducted with the greatest possible strength.
Stocks are on sale
Adopting Decree No. 895/2024, President Javier Milley ordered the sale of his shares in the company he created under the name of the Comahue Dam.
The decision came after two meetings with former Energy Minister Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo, who pledged to involve the provinces in the process.
As natural resources, rivers belong to the provinces, as stipulated in Article 124 of the National Constitution during the 1994 reform.
“The expired concessions entered the path of illegal extension until the Mire administration openly wanted to sell them, as stated in Article 6 of Decree 718, which requires national and international tenders,” Mansira said.
He recalled that he later created four public limited company concessionaires for the dams and now sells the shares. “The 30-year concession represents a secret privatization of province-owned dams, Argentine energy and rivers,” he said.
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