Sílvia Orriols prohibeix el burkini a la piscina de Ripoll per no convertir-la en un espai de reivindicació religiosa

La batllessa d’Aliança Catalana defensa la mesura al·legant motius de seguretat i per no convertir la piscina en un espai de reivindicació política i religiosa. La Generalitat va autoritzar el burkini a tot Catalunya el 2023 per aplicar la Llei d’Igualtat de Tracte i No Discriminació.

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La piscina municipal de Ripoll ha prohibit l’ús del burkini per ordre directa de l’alcaldessa Sílvia Orriols. La decisió s’ha comunicat a través de la xarxa X (antic Twitter), on la batllessa ha justificat la mesura per «seguretat dels banyistes». En el missatge, afirma textualment: «A Ripoll el burkini no està permès a la piscina municipal per una qüestió de seguretat dels banyistes. La piscina és un espai per practicar esport, no per reivindicacions polítiques ni religioses.»

La Generalitat va autoritzar el burkini

La prohibició del burkini a Ripoll arriba malgrat que la Generalitat de Catalunya va establir el 2023 una normativa clara per posar fi a les diferències de criteri entre municipis. Fins llavors, la situació era caòtica: en algunes piscines municipals el burkini estava permès, en altres, vetat sense cap criteri legal comú. A Reus, per exemple, ja era acceptat, mentre que a Tarragona ciutat estava prohibit tot i que tots dos municipis estaven governats per ERC.

Amb l’objectiu de garantir la igualtat de tracte i evitar discriminacions, el govern d’ERC va emetre una instrucció clara a tots els ajuntaments per recordar que no es podia prohibir el burkini, el topless ni l’alletament en espais públics com les piscines. Aquesta instrucció es basava en la Llei 19/2020 d’Igualtat de Tracte i No Discriminació, que protegeix la llibertat d’indumentària mentre es respectin criteris d’higiene i seguretat bàsica (cobertura dels genitals i ús de materials adequats com el polièster).

La portaveu del Govern, Patrícia Plaja, va explicar que “cadascú ha de poder portar el banyador amb què se senti més còmode”, i va advertir que cap normativa local podia imposar restriccions per raons de gènere, religió o origen cultural. La mesura buscava també evitar sancions o denúncies per discriminació en l’accés a serveis públics.

Ripoll prohibeix el burkini i Reus el promou

Mentre a Ripoll es veten les peces associades a codis religiosos masclistes, a Reus es fa just el contrari: la piscina municipal ha difós aquest estiu una campanya institucional on es mostra una banyista amb burkini recomanant posar-se crema solar. El vídeo, presentat com un missatge de convivència, ha generat polèmica per la seva contradicció simbòlica i ha reobert el debat sobre si l’administració pública ha de promoure o neutralitzar codis de vestimenta marcats pel patriarcat religiós.

La piscina municipal s’ha convertit aquest estiu en escenari d’un debat sobre convivència, feminisme, llibertat religiosa i identitat cultural. El cas de Ripoll i la campanya de Reus no només evidencien dues maneres d’entendre la gestió pública, sinó també dues formes oposades de concebre la igualtat en una societat plural

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