The National Commission in Defense of Water and Life will file a legal appeal on Monday to request the annulment of the contract, currently suspended for 90 days, while the private consortium awarded the contract and the government of President Yamandú Orsi renegotiate the terms of the contract.
“The project is unconstitutional,” said commission member María Selva Ortiz in an interview with Radio Monte Carlo, adding that “the entire process has violated international environmental and human rights standards.”
For this reason, the National Commission in Defense of Water and Life, together with the Federation of Ose Employees and the Tucu-Tucu group, will present a request for annulment of the contract, which will be “accompanied by a precautionary measure of non-innovation in what is the beginning of construction of the works.”
The entire project “is on the table” for review, assured the Secretary of the Presidency Alejandro Sánchez, to various social organizations and political leaders in the department of San José, where the work would be carried out. .
Arazatí’s purpose is to guarantee access to drinking water for the metropolitan area by extracting the vital liquid from the Río de la Plata, which is highly saline and also contaminated, according to critics who also demand the privatization of the service.
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