Camilo demands a national security plan from the Federal Government.
While participating yesterday (27) in the Meeting of Governors of Brazil, in Rio Branco, Acre, the governor of Ceará, Camilo Santana, stated the need for an agreement between the Powers to reduce crime rates and emphasized the urgent need for Brazil to develop efficient actions through a National Public Security Plan. "It is necessary to call the National Congress and review the legislation we have today. And the one who has the capacity to coordinate the agreement and organize this plan in the country is the Federal Government, summoning the Judiciary, the National Congress, and all the governors."
Ceará 247 - Governor Camilo Santana participated this Friday (27) in the "Meeting of Governors of Brazil for Security and Border Control: Drug Trafficking, a national emergency", in Rio Branco, Acre. The event's main objective was to discuss the establishment of the National Public Security System.
Twenty governors participated in the event (Ceará, Acre, Amazonas, Federal District, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Piauí, Sergipe, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Roraima, Rondônia, Maranhão, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul), one vice-governor (Amapá), as well as special envoys from Espírito Santo and Rio Grande do Sul. Alagoas, Bahia, Paraná, and Santa Catarina did not participate. Representing the Federal Government were the Ministers of Defense, Raul Jungmann, of Justice, Torquato Jardim, and of the Institutional Security Cabinet, Sérgio Etchegoyen.
During his speech at the event, Governor Camilo Santana affirmed the need for an agreement between the branches of government to reduce crime rates and emphasized the urgent need for Brazil to develop efficient actions through a National Public Security Plan. "Brazilian society is paying a very high price, not only for lack of resources, but also for planning in this area of security. Brazil has lost the culture of planning and thinking about its future. No government has built a national public security policy. In health and education, good or bad, we have defined national policies. We pay for that. It is necessary to call upon the National Congress and review the legislation we have today. And the one who has the capacity to coordinate the agreement and organize this plan in the country is the Federal Government, convening the Judiciary, the National Congress, and all the governors," stated Camilo.
The governor also called for the judiciary's involvement. "Brazilian states have been trying, with all their might, to do their part. It's rare to find a governor present here who hasn't increased their investments in security. But we also need to bring the judiciary to the table. There's a feeling of impunity. Criminals kill because they think nothing will happen to them. In Ceará, for example, we passed a law prohibiting cell phone signals inside Ceará's prisons, and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) overturned it, arguing that the state lacked the capacity to legislate on this matter. We need to define strategies for all sectors to move forward," he pointed out.
At the end of the meeting, the governors present signed the "Acre Charter," a commitment to be sent to the Ministers of Justice, Public Security and Defense, Foreign Affairs, and the Institutional Security Office, affirming the need "for a united effort in defense of the life and physical integrity of the Brazilian population, threatened by the evil of drugs and the violence of drug trafficking, which affect all social classes of current and future generations," and the construction of a national pact around public security.
Check out Letter from Acre