Retail Management
In 2008, Esperanza Aguirre, in a display of muscle and bad manners, adopted only with the votes of its parliamentary group, the privatization of the Canal de Isabel II (CYII). Most citizens know that the Canal de Isabel II not only manages water in Madrid and three other regions, but it is a transnational company that is entrusted with the retail management of water in several cities in Latin America, Specifically, in Colombia, and participating in some management companies and / or supplies in Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, an issue which has sought to hide is not known the true transcendence of alienation Canal for multinationals with dark purposes, such as Acciona, FCC, WATER BARCELONA [or "Agbar Group" (SUEZ)], in exchange for only a portion of the money needed to continue patching the financing of projects related to the bottomless pit the interests of entrepreneurs construction. The surprising thing here is that this is not a public service suffered "financial drain, deteriorating service or user discomfort," but the opposite: the CYII is one of the oldest public institutions, and prestigious our country, with 160 years of operation, it serves with quality and efficiency, and "social cost", ie, measurable material benefits for ALL persons living in the Community of Madrid. But this "business strategy" is long, when in 2002 the government of Ruiz Gallardón, using a conducive policy of liberalizing the decade of the eighties regulating the powers of governing bodies CYII created a "society vehicle "of a commercial nature with funds CYII (Channel Extensia, SA) for the game of profit abroad, through the purchase and sale of shares and investments in" opaque "utility. Since then the "SPV" of CYII has spread like a grease spot by several Latin American countries, giving body and multi-national entity to a listed company, whose behavior and objectives respond to the predatory logic of the private holding company, running unknown risks for citizens and citizens of the CAM, affecting the initial objective, legal and only of its creation (ensure water utility), and anticipating their actions Madrid's water future in the hands of a private company, which is :. · Decrease in quality to reduce costs and increase profits in the short term, forcing the bottled water consumption and increasing, therefore, the monthly expenditure per family. · Elevation of consumption, forcing the unnecessary construction of large dams and new supply infrastructure with significant environmental impact economic and social. Complying with these dark purposes, and as announced by Ignacio Gonzalez ("we get to pocket 49% of the capital of CYII"), in April 2011 several agreements were signed between the CYII, City Hall and the Community of Madrid, that stage the first phase of privatization and anticipate the creation of the corporation that will enable its completion. Not surprisingly, the mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardon had advance: "Both governments have agreed the amounts to the privatization of the water manager and only missing technical details." The operation has been carried with such opacity and lack of transparency that the citizens and workers of CYII are not aware of the actual conditions of spoliation. Private enterprise will pay the City of Madrid a fee for the assignment of property demaniales (public, inalienable, indefeasible and imprescriptible) and is negotiating with the other municipalities whose full water service is being managed by the CYII, tempting them with a similar agreement for not meeting the requirements of contract (tender and the tender offer that would be required by law to be a private company) and maintain and the agreements signed when the company was one hundred percent public. Of course, all this will impact on water rates and quality of service, will the casualization of workers and workers CYII and damage to the public service will mean so much to saving policies of the liquid, as empowerment of bottled water, and in any case, consummated a theft of property of persons residing in the Community of Madrid. In this sense, the management of Channel Group companies operating in Latin America and give us a preview of what will happen to the water utility if they allow the progress of this privatization model. We recall once again that this operation comes at a time when the body works well and has benefits not only to meet their needs but also to subsidize other government agencies such as the Canal Theatres (over one billion euros), Channel Foundation (500 million) and Metro de Madrid, (over 200 million euros). In order to fight against this privatization, mobilize and inform all people living in Madrid created the Platform Against Privatization of Canal de Isabel II, entity it had become an active and dozens of meetings 15M popular, with its activity have already achieved in the Municipality of Leganes has prospered Legislative Initiative Municipal CYII as maintaining law entity and governance. For all these reasons, the Working Group has agreed Economics Sol join the demonstration against the privatization of Canal de Isabel II to be held this Saturday at 18 pm with a tour that will depart from the headquarters of Canal de Isabel II (Calle Santa Engracia, 125) and run along the streets of Santa Engracia, Eloy Gonzalo, Glorieta de Quevedo, San Bernardo
