The project was presented by councilors Canelada and Cobos. It was approved in session and requires full compliance with Provincial Law 6529
The Deliberative Council unanimously approved a draft resolution that urges the Regulatory Entity of Public Services of Tucumán (Ersept) to enforce law 6259. “It is a powerful political message, stripped of any partisan interest. The entire Council has told Ersept to take care of the users, because there are tens of thousands of Tucumans who are receiving poor or no water service,” explained the authors of the project, the radical councilors. José María Canelada and Gustavo Cobos.
In that sense, they placed emphasis on articles 63 and 64, which talk about the loss of the right to collection by the SAT during the interruption of service and the penalties they should receive for poor quality. “There are users who should not even receive a ticket in the capital, if they barely manage to collect half a bucket of water during the early morning hours. How are they going to charge the service to tens of thousands of Tucumans who suffer with this every day? The neighborhoods Villa Alem, Villa 9 de Julio, Ciudadela, Blas Conrero, Ciudadela Sur, San Cayetano are a clear example of this.”
The councilors explained that the project was presented in January, in a context where a process to increase the water rate was being carried out, by more than 100 percent of the bill. “If it is already indefensible that they charge them if they do not have the service, it is directly ridiculous that they increase the rate. And in that, the Ersept gave its approval, approved the increase, in an obscure process, with its back to the people of Tucumán, without We are waiting for the governor’s response to the appeal we presented, if he does not respond, the next instance will be in the Judiciary,” Canelada and Cobos warned.
Finally, they explained that what is at stake is access to an element that is considered a human right worldwide. “Water is essential so that neighbors can live with dignity, without having to go to a relative’s house to bathe, wash clothes at three in the morning, stop cooking. The law is clear: not only must provide a good service, we must also avoid the immorality of sending the ticket to those who cannot even brush their teeth.
