| Privatization [of Cedae]/ Not privatization [of Cedae]
|
Privatization is a neoliberal policy, intensified in Brazil from the decade of 1990, with a view to selling companies or public institutions to the private sector, which begin to manage them and profit. It is an issue brought up as a backdrop to the aforementioned water supply crisis in Rio de Janeiro. |
“The solution beyond
privatization and
opening the market (...)”
“Everything that the
privatization project wants is to have the population against the company” |
Not paying the bill/Normalizing the supply
(...) unite/without union |
Such “bill” is from the month of January 2020 from a relevant part of the population of Rio de Janeiro, who, during the period, was receiving piped water, with an inappropriate odor and appearance, supplied by Cedae. In addition to the alleged health consequences, there was a rush by people from Rio de Janeiro to consume bottled mineral water, increasing expenditure on the natural resource.
Unite to avoid paying the bill and have mobilization strength... because if you don’t unite, there is no victory. |
“The people have to unite and not pay the bill of CEDAE for this month and for the following months if things continue”. |
| Practically unsolvable problem/basic sanitation policies |
It has to do with the lack of treatment of sewage, with insufficient basic sanitation in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro [polluting rivers and seas and, consequently, compromising the quality of water supply and population health]. |
“I believe it is a
practically unsolvable problem : population increasing and impoverishing, lack of basic sanitation (...)” |
| Incompetence of the governor’s management / political will and honesty |
It refers to the mismanagement of the recently impeached governor of Rio de Janeiro, Wilson Witzel. |
“But the problem is not being against Cedae, but against the incompetence of the governor’s management(...)” |
public act/online act
public act/inaction
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Protest, demonstration by the population, in the streets, in defense of the supply of quality water in Rio de Janeiro and putting pressure on the public agents responsible for this |
“Meu Rio, we need to hold a public act in front of the W’s [Witzel, the governor] Palace, with hundreds of empty water bottles. I and many others want this action against this absurdity that we are experiencing and we still have no solution.” |
| Sanitation is necessary/threat to public health |
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the main objective of basic sanitation is to promote human health, as many diseases can proliferate due to the absence of this service. |
“The surrounding municipalities cannot bear the burden. SANITATION IS NEEDED.” |
| Drink the water, Hélio/ Not even he drinks this water |
Phrase attributed to the former president of Cedae, considering the activists’ public act of offering him dirty water, served in a glass, as he hurriedly left Alerj |
Drink the water, Hélio
#bebeaaguahelio
(In english:
#drinkthewaterhelio) |
| Shameless/ decency, decorum |
It refers to the qualification of the attitude of the former president of Cedae, who left the Alerj plenary without providing clarifications, although he was at that hearing for that purpose. |
“(...) Don’t be shy, SHAMELESS, RUNAWAY. HOW EMBARRASSING”. |
Congratulations
action
/inaction
shame |
Congratulating the attitude, the act carried out by Meu Rio activists, in Alerj |
“Congratulations for acting, Meu Rio! |
| This bill is not mine/ the bill belongs to Cedae |
Motto of the campaign (whose use, specifically, denotes adherence to the campaign), referring to the water bill of residents of the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, in January 2020, served by Cedae, during the supply crisis generated by the poor quality of water supplied. |
“This bill is not mine” |
Let’s fight for our rights
let’s not let it go
/if we don’t unite nothing will change |
It refers to the understanding that people from Rio have the right to be reimbursed, as they paid for water supplied outside of quality standards. But to guarantee the right it is necessary to unite |
“Let’s fight for our rights, no more being deceived, we pay an absurd water bill, in the last month they supplied us with rotten water, we are not going to let it go”. |
“#THISBILLISNOTMINE” online activism and engagement in digital social network sites