Rain: R$ 91 million for Pernambuco and R$ 100 for Bahia.
The minister responsible for releasing funds for risk and disaster prevention due to rain is Fernando Bezerra, from the Ministry of National Integration, who is a political ally and fellow countryman of Governor Eduardo Campos (PSB), a possible opponent of President Dilma Rousseff in 2014; interestingly, the governor of Bahia is Jaques Wagner, a friend of the president and a member of the Workers' Party considered prestigious within the party's leadership; the minority leader in Congress and author of the complaint, Deputy Antônio Imbassahy (PSDB-BA), says he is outraged.
Bahia 247 - It seems unbelievable considering the discrepancy in the numbers, because in addition to Bahia being much larger than Pernambuco in territorial extension, the minister responsible for releasing funds for risk and disaster prevention due to rain is Fernando Bezerra, from National Integration, who is a political ally and fellow countryman of Governor Eduardo Campos, a possible opponent of President Dilma Rousseff in 2014.
Another interesting point, still with a political slant, is that the governor of Bahia is Jaques Wagner, a friend of President Dilma and a member of the Workers' Party considered prestigious within the party's leadership. In short.
The complaint and outrage come from the minority leader in the Federal Chamber, Deputy Antônio Imbassahy (PSDB). The politician from the PSDB party said he was outraged and promised to begin a mobilization in the federal capital this week to try to increase the amount of resources allocated in the Union Budget for risk and disaster prevention this year for Bahia.
He warns that the Integrated Financial Administration System of the Federal Government (Siafi), an instrument used for recording, monitoring and controlling the budgetary, financial and asset execution of the federal government, provides "only" R$ 100 for the state, while Pernambuco, for example, is expected to receive more than R$ 91 million.
Imbassahy further states that in 2012 the federal government released R$ 77 million to the state of Pernambuco, while Bahia did not receive a single cent.
"This is a total and utter disrespect for our state, which is, incidentally, governed by the PT (Workers' Party). Allocating R$ 100 is a joke, a lack of regard for human lives, a clear sign of negligence and ineptitude on the part of the Bahia government."