Naples, protest against restricted beaches. Borrelli: "Yes to controls"

Naples. Dozens of members of the "free and open sea" committees held a joint protest today for the right to the sea, invading private beaches from the sea (with about thirty kayaks, canoes, and a small dinghy) and from land to speak with other beachgoers and demand their right to the sea. "It's a constitutional right," the protesters emphasized, "so much so that the last five meters and access thereto should always be available to all by law, which never happens."

But the sea in Naples is only for those who can afford it, as stated in a note from the committees, “going to the sea in Naples has become difficult, expensive and exclusive. The coast is almost entirely occupied by beaches with increasingly high prices and inaccessible private descents that have become a recognized privilege for the few who live there. The rest of the magnificent coast of Partenope to the east and west – from San Giovanni to Bagnoli – remains polluted by decades of industrial waste and the inability of politics to give a serious response in terms of cleanup. Today's initiative – it is explained in the note – has some urgent demands: “Councillor Mancuso and Mayor Manfredi should meet with the committees and immediately revoke the absurd provision on the limited number of people. The problem of overcrowding on public beaches is solved by enlarging them, not by further reducing the right to the sea of ​​one's fellow citizens. Next Friday, sit-in for this under Palazzo San Giacomo. Gates and private obstacles that illegally prevent access to the sea in the various descents and beaches, access in any case provided for by law, should be immediately removed. Progressive withdrawal of concessions to private individuals and remediation of polluted beaches”.

"We are against the idea that there is someone who wants the free beaches of Naples to become a no man's land - said the regional councilor of Europa Verde, Francesco Emilio Borrelli -. In the last inspection carried out we were able to see the excellent effects thanks to the constant control of the police forces: tranquility, order, zero chaos and zero fights. The beaches must be a good for everyone, we will not allow them to go back to being a no man's land where violence and incivility are rampant. No to anarchy, we continue to support the permanent presence of the police forces, also against wild parking and the filthy people who leave the public beaches as filthy as pigsties".