“Water is a vital good” emphasized N. Pappas, who submitted the objection on behalf of the KO of the official opposition party
Objection unconstitutionality against bill of the Ministry of the Environmentwhich is being discussed today in the Plenary, testified on behalf of the KO of SYRIZA-PS, the parliamentary representative of the main opposition party, Nikos Pappas.
“SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance files an objection of unconstitutionality against the bill of the Ministry of Environment and, more specifically, for articles 3 to 13 (s.s.: “Establishment and operation of Thessaly Water Management Organization S.A.”)as we consider that they violate article 2 par. 1 and article 5 par. 1 of the Constitution” said Nikos Pappas.
“The water has been “suffering” in the last decade and they have been successive decisions of the Council of Statewhich make clean, not only that water management must belong exclusively to the statebut even if there is a state body that has other purposes than the adequate supply of quality and quantity of drinking water to the population, this is against the Constitution, because water is a vital good” emphasized the parliamentary representative of SYRIZA-PS.
In the objection of unconstitutionality, the MPs of SYRIZA-PS refer to the proposed provisions of the bill of the Ministry of the Environment, according to which in order to deal with climate change and extreme weather phenomena with catastrophic consequences, they qualify as a solution the establishment of NPID under the name “Thessaly Water Management Organization Limited Company”.
“The legal goods that need protection, through the proposed provisions, are on the one hand the protection and management of the waters of Thessaly, a region where water is the main driver of the development of the agricultural economy, on the other hand, the fundamental constitutional rights of Life need special protection, of Health, Safety, Property from the risks of extreme weather phenomena, due to climate change. These are social goods of the highest importance, directly protected by the constitutional provisions of articles 2 par. 1, 5 par. 1 & par. 5, 21§3 & 22 of the Constitution” they note.
“Especially, with regard to water management in Thessaly, the formulation of water policy and the management of flood risks due to climate change, given that these are goods of public utility, according to the jurisprudence of the Council of State, the decisions on them , must not be removed from the State and assigned to the exclusive competence of the newly created Public Company. Because, in this way, the character of water as a social good, necessary for the life and health of citizens, is lost and also the character of the legal goods of life, health, property, as constitutionally protected goods, which are under the obligation of the State, since the responsibility of formulating a flood risk prevention policy is directly intertwined with the life, health and property of the citizens, therefore, the alienation of the State is constitutionally intolerable” they underline.
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