Vanessa Grazziotin: We need to repeal the End of the World Amendment.
Senator Vanessa Grazziotin (PCdoB-AM) criticized the increase in infant mortality; "And with Temer and his group, this rate will worsen. #Iwarnedyou, I fought against it and was the only parliamentarian from Amazonas who voted against the #PECdoFimdoMundo! We need to repeal the constitutional amendment that limits public spending on health, security and education."
247 Senator Vanessa Grazziotin (PCdoB-AM) criticized the Michel Temer government because of the increase in infant mortality.
"And with Temer and his group, this index will get worse. #Iwarnedyou, I fought against it and I was the only parliamentarian from Amazonas who voted against the #PECdoFimdoMundo! We need to repeal the constitutional amendment that limits public spending on health, security and education," the parliamentarian wrote on Twitter. "Constitutional Amendment 95 (PEC do Fim do Mundo), which froze public spending for 20 years, has already caused the first damage to the population," she added.
Brazil had been reducing its infant mortality rates, with rates better than the world average, for the past 26 years, but in 2016 it experienced its first statistical setback: there were 14 infant deaths for every thousand births, an increase of approximately 5% over the previous year. According to a report by... SheetThe Ministry of Health blames the Zika virus and the economic crisis.
The adoption of neoliberal policies by Michel Temer's government will make it even more difficult for Brazil to meet the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations (UN) by 2030. This conclusion, presented by organizations such as Article 19, Rede Nossa São Paulo, and the Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection (Idec), which comprise the Sustainable Cities Program, is included in the 2018 Light Report, released last week, which warns of the obstacles the country will face in meeting social and environmental targets.
Given the stagnation and even decline of most indicators in the social area, the organizations are making recommendations so that the government can meet its commitments by 2030. Among these, the organizations highlight the resumption of human and financial investments in the areas of education, health and the environment, as well as the creation of incentives for social participation in legislative dialogues, in addition to the revision of the Spending Cap Law.
* With information from Current Brazil Network