Mayors want to draw Dilma's attention with protest against drought.
Starting at 9 a.m., at the Legislative Assembly of Sergipe, mayors will meet in a special session to discuss the effects of the drought and the financial crisis in the state's municipalities; the protest seeks urgent solutions; city halls will be closed on Monday; the strike is part of a series of protests that will take place simultaneously throughout the Northeast, organized by all municipal associations in the region and with the support of the National Confederation of Municipalities.
Daily Newspaper - This Monday (13), mayors from Sergipe will be leading a large demonstration against the drought, which is part of the National Mobilization for the Northeast. The gathering will start at 9 am, at the Legislative Assembly of Sergipe, and afterwards there will be a special session on the effects of the drought and the financial crisis in the municipalities of the State.
In an act of protest and in search of urgent solutions, the mayors agreed to symbolically close the doors of their city halls, form caravans, and mobilize the entire population to address the problem. This work stoppage is part of a series of protests that will take place simultaneously throughout the Northeast of Brazil, organized by all the municipal associations in the region and with the support of the National Confederation of Municipalities (CNM).
For the mayor of Monte Alegre and president of the Federation of Municipalities of the State of Sergipe (FAMES), Antônio Rodrigues (Tonhão), this will be a great opportunity to strengthen the municipalist struggle. "United by this common interest, our goal is to demand faster responses from the Federal Government. The people cannot wait. We want to show Brazil all the damage that the drought has caused, drawing the attention of our president Dilma," emphasized Tonhão.
Another demand from the mayors concerns the drop in the Municipal Participation Fund (FPM) values, which further aggravates the situation. "Given this notorious and regrettable financial crisis, we mayors also need more flexibility from the Federal Government. More than 1.400 municipalities in nine states have already declared a state of emergency this year. There is hunger, misery, and many losses in agriculture, that is, in the income of the people of the Northeast. This situation needs to be reversed as soon as possible. We are demanding here more deregulation, emergency and structural actions," explained the president of FAMES.