ACM: Wagner wants the citizen to continue suffering.
The arrival of the election campaign has definitively soured the 'historic' harmonious relationship between Democrat ACM Neto and Workers' Party member Jaques Wagner; the mayor considered the letter sent by the governor requesting the suspension of the public transportation bidding process in Salvador to be "an affront to the sovereignty" of the municipality; "It is a clear case of double standards or decisions made according to political convenience. Consequently, the people of Salvador will be harmed. When politics takes the place of public affairs, it is the population that loses," says ACM.
Bahia 247 - The arrival of the election campaign has definitively soured the 'historic' harmonious, even friendly, relationship, as some called it, between the Democrat ACM Neto and the Workers' Party member Jaques Wagner. The DEM mayor considered the letter sent by the governor requesting the suspension of the bidding process for Salvador's public transportation to be "an affront to the sovereignty" of the municipality.
"We are not going to stop the process because we do not recognize the strength of the law that created the Metropolitan Entity and, mainly, because the city can no longer tolerate the current model. Governor Jaques Wagner wants citizens to continue suffering to ride the bus, and we want to solve the problem, offering comfort and quality transportation to the population. As I was elected to take care of the population and I know that improvement depends on the bidding process, I will not suspend it," said ACM.
According to the mayor, the bidding process began last year and was public knowledge. "Is it only now that the governor has become aware of it? Before sending an official letter requesting the suspension of the bidding process, why doesn't the governor ask if the users are satisfied with the current model?"
ACM Neto also recalled that when he transferred the subway system to the government, just four months after taking office, improving public transportation was included in one of its clauses.
According to the Department of Urban Planning and Transport, the envelopes with the proposals will be received next Monday (14). "The deadline remains the same," says the mayor. ACM also says that "in the negotiations with the state government for the transfer of the metro it was agreed that the bidding for the new bus lines would be a natural and fundamental step for the entire system to be integrated."
The official document received by the City Hall "presents irreconcilable contradictions" in light of the entire initial process, since it uses the implementation of the subway as a way to readjust what was agreed upon for the transfer of the equipment to the State.
"This is a clear case of double standards or decisions made according to political expediency. Consequently, it is the people of Salvador who will be harmed. When politics takes the place of public affairs, it is the population that loses," said the mayor.