"Jackson can help change the reality of public transportation"
This is according to journalist Cláudio Nunes; he argues that acting governor Jackson Barreto (PMDB) should enter the negotiations with the groups protesting in Sergipe and with the mayors of the metropolitan region to facilitate dialogue and discuss solutions regarding the Transportation Master Plan; "what cannot continue is this inertia of the political authorities of Sergipe, thinking that the 'wave' of protests will end and everything will return to how it was before. What is clear is that the protesters, mostly young people, want change. They want the guarantee of a better country now, not a better future in the long term," he states.
Sergipe 247 – Acting Governor Jackson Barreto (PMDB) “is failing by not arranging a meeting with the leaders of the protests that have been taking place in Aracaju”. This assessment is made by journalist Cláudio Nunes, in his blog on the Infonet Portal, in the edition of this Monday (1st). He justifies: “the main demand of the protests, the improvement of urban transport, depends on a solution via the Metropolitan Region and the Transport Master Plan which is sleeping soundly in the Assembly”.
According to the journalist, "all it takes is political will" from the acting governor, who "is one of the few leaders from Sergipe who not only emerged but was shaped within social movements," to, through a meeting, kickstart a change in the current reality of public transportation in Sergipe.
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Protests/SE: Jackson needs to engage in dialogue.
In recent weeks, acting governor Jackson Barreto has opened a dialogue with some union leaders, such as those from Sintese. Jackson Barreto is one of the few leaders from Sergipe who not only emerged from, but was shaped by, social movements. However, he is failing by not arranging a meeting with the leaders of the protests that have been taking place in Aracaju.
Someone might ask: wouldn't it be more obvious for the mayor? No, the main demand, the improvement of urban transport, requires a solution through the Metropolitan Region and the Master Plan for Transportation, which is currently languishing in the Assembly.
Jackson could very well hold a meeting with the leaders of the movement, with the participation of the mayors of the metropolitan region, especially João Alves Filho. What cannot continue is this inertia of the political authorities of Sergipe, thinking that the "wave" of protests will end and everything will return to how it was before.
What is clear is that the protesters, mostly young people, want change. They want the guarantee of a better country now, not a better future in the long term.
Public transportation was the trigger for protests across the country. And in Sergipe, improvements have been long awaited.
Jackson can, through a hearing, kickstart the process of changing the current reality in public transportation. All it takes is political will.