"The government that João is running for the people of Aracaju is weak. Negligent."
The statement comes from Jozailto Lima, director of Journalism at Cinform, in an analysis titled “João, Aracaju needs a mayor”; “two enormous construction fences in two prestigious squares of the capital don't save him. The promise of a wide avenue from Socorro to Mosqueiro doesn't either. A police force elevated to a Brancaleone-style army, ditto. The mess he created in the city's traffic is unbearable. The closure, without any work being done, of Beira-Mar is an aberration that warrants his non-reelection and his current repudiation. The shoddy Forró-Caju festival and the death of the Summer Project in January/February place him on the margins of the interests of a large part of Aracaju's residents. And what about the 5% readjustment given to civil servants?”, he says.
Sergipe 247 – "João, Aracaju needs a mayor." With this critical appeal, journalist Jozailto Lima, director of Journalism at Cinform, analyzes the first months of the new municipal administration in this week's edition of the newspaper. The columnist opposes the possibility of João Alves Filho (DEM) running for re-election in 2014, abandoning the mayor's office a year and three months after taking office.
"In his six months as mayor, which ended in June, João will have already demonstrated that he didn't perform any miracles to guarantee him a resounding victory in the government until March, only to leave things in Machado's hands and go off in search of yet another electoral adventure," he states.
According to Jozailto Lima, "João's government is weak for the people of Aracaju." "Neglectful," he concludes. "Two enormous construction barriers in two prestigious squares of the capital don't save him. The promise of a wide avenue from Socorro to Mosqueiro doesn't either. A Municipal Guard elevated to a Brancaleone-style army, ditto. The mess he created in the city's traffic is unbearable. The closure, without any work being done, of Beira-Mar is an aberration that warrants his non-reelection and his current disdain. The shoddy Forró-Caju he promises and the death of the Summer Project in January/February put him on the fringes of the interests of a large part of Aracaju's population. And what about the 5% raise given to civil servants?" he states.
The Cinform journalist says that even though he found Aracaju in a state of "scorched earth," it's time for the mayor to demand more from himself and all his aides to repair the damage. "Look, there wasn't even a winter, and Aracaju is just a pothole-ridden mess. It's more than time for João to don the armor of a mayor and banish from his spirit the Don Quixote governor he once was and who might dream of becoming again," he stated.
"WE INHERITED A STUCK MACHINE"
In another section of the same column, Deputy Mayor José Carlos Machado (PSDB) tells Jozailto Lima that the current group running the city hall found it in a worse situation than they expected. "We inherited a stalled machine," he emphasizes. But the deputy mayor says that all promises made to the people will be fulfilled. "We will seek to repay what we owe to the people of Aracaju. And one way to do that is with exclusive dedication to work on the part of the mayor, the deputy mayor, and all the secretaries," he affirms.
According to Machado, João never brought up the subject of leaving the PMA to run for Governor. "The problems in Aracaju are so serious and grave that if João allows himself to be distracted, he won't solve anything," he assesses.