The government of Alagoas will spend R$ 40 million on catering in one year.
While Alagoas languishes in drought, the secretaries of the PSDB governor Teotônio Vilela Filho were authorized to spend up to R$ 40 million in one year on a varied and refined menu offered by two catering companies; the event organizers have to offer elaborate dishes with lobsters, cod, salmon, shrimp, and prime cuts of meat to the demanding "clientele"; since 2007, during Teotônio's first term, what has accelerated in Alagoas is the spending by various government sectors on breakfasts, lunches, dinners, cocktails, coffee breaks, and brunches provided by ten of these companies.
Gazetaweb.com
On the same day as the two-year anniversary of the announcement of a state government program to 'end extreme poverty' affecting 20,4% of the state's population, the officials led by Governor Teotônio Vilela Filho (PSDB) ignored the bitter taste in the mouths of approximately 600 hungry Alagoans and officially authorized, on May 17th, spending up to R$ 40 million over the course of a year on a varied and refined menu offered by two catering companies.
Event organizing companies must offer dishes made with lobster, cod, salmon, shrimp, and prime cuts of meat, according to the tastes established in price registration records No. 126/2013 and 127/2013, by their demanding "clientele".
Created two years ago by the PSDB (Brazilian Social Democracy Party) administration, the "Alagoas Tem Pressa" (Alagoas Has a Hurry) program may have accelerated the pace of some public policies. However, a relevant fact was observed by Gazeta, in two weeks of analyzing entries on the Transparency Portal: since the project began in 2011, what has really accelerated is the spending by various sectors of the state government on breakfasts, lunches, dinners, cocktails, coffee breaks, and brunches provided by ten of these specialized companies.
From the first year of Vilela's administration, in 2007, until last Friday (6), the expenses recorded with food and drinks from buffets jumped from R$ 413 thousand to more than R$ 10 million. With a special acceleration from the first year of Vilela's second term. In 2011, the monthly expense tripled compared to 2007, exceeding the barrier of one million reais.