Author: Camila Campanerut

Source: UOL - São Paulo / SP - NEWS - 19/05/2010

PT's pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Dilma Rosseff, defended this Wednesday (19) that there is less bureaucracy in regions affected by environmental problems, as, more recently, in the states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Santa Catarina . She participated in a debate during the March to Brasília in Defense of the Municipalities, in the federal capital.

“The tradition is to transfer [the resources] by agreement. You have to perform a whole ritual. I am in favor of going one step further or transferring from one fund to another, but I think that in the event of calamity, in the treatment of the critical situation (…) we have to work with the figure of the donation ”, he said.

The ex-minister's assessment is that there should be even more integration between the ministries, the Civil Defense, the Fire Department and the Armed Forces to try to avoid these problems and help to quickly rebuild the affected areas.

Despite acknowledging the lack of investment in drainage and slope conservation systems, Dilma told the audience that she was warmly welcomed by the March to Brasilia that the Lula government reduced the number of documents needed to transfer funds from 14 to 5. On the other hand, the current management foresees investments through PAC 2 (Growth Acceleration Program) and funds of R $ 11 billion for the issue of calamities, of which R $ 1 billion is reserved for the protection of slopes.

At the time, the pre-candidate, as well as her competitors - the former governor of São Paulo José Serra (PSDB) and the Senator Acriana Marina Silva (PV) - agreed with the urgency and the need for tax reform and that the release of taxes taxes cannot end up harming what the city halls collect.

“We cannot transform social programs at a loss for the finances of the municipalities. We want to consolidate this partnership because when that happens, we define sources of revenue ”, he said.

However, Dilma did not remove from the other spheres of power (state and municipal) the responsibility to use the resources with criteria and with the appropriate distribution for social programs and essential activities such as health and education. "It is important that States assume obligations in social programs, because we know that this is a matter of federative balance and no sphere can be considered outside this discussion," he said.