'God willing,' Campos' program will reach the country.

The Archbishop of Recife and Olinda, Dom Fernando Saburido, praised the state government's "Pact for Life" program and stated that "God willing," the security initiative will be implemented throughout the country. "The governor [Eduardo Campos] went [to the United States] to receive an award for the Pact for Life, because it was a success in the state of Pernambuco and, God willing, it will be expanded to the whole of Brazil," said the religious leader.

January 17, 2014, 20:58 AMUpdated May 27, 2019, 08:24 AM

Archbishop of Recife and Olinda, Dom Fernando Saburido, praised the state government's "Pact for Life" program and stated that "God willing," the security initiative will be implemented throughout the country; "The governor [Eduardo Campos] went [to the United States] to receive an award for the Pact for Life, for having been a success in the State of Pernambuco and, God willing, it will be expanded to the whole of Brazil," said the religious leader (Photo: Paulo Emílio).

Pernambuco 247 - The Archbishop of Recife and Olinda, Dom Fernando Saburido, praised the "Pact for Life" program of the State Government and stated that "God willing," the initiative, which is one of the most important points of the programmatic content in the area of security of the pre-candidate for President of the Republic, Eduardo Campos (PSB), will be implemented throughout the country. In front of Campos himself and an audience of hundreds of young people, the religious leader emphasized the importance of the initiative, which this week won the Governor Award: The Art of Good Governance, from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in the United States.

"The governor went [to the United States] to receive an award for the Pact for Life, for having been a success in the State of Pernambuco and, God willing, it will be expanded to the whole of Brazil," said the archbishop during the 3rd Congress of the Pastoral Youth of the Popular Environment, held this Thursday (16), at the Cordeiro Exhibition Park, in the west of Recife.

In seven years, the Pact for Life reduced the number of homicides in Pernambuco by 40%, with a 60% decrease in rates in the capital, Recife. In the United States, the initiative won an award in the Safe Government category: Best Practices in Crime and Violence Prevention. Since receiving the award, the administrator has been promoting the program on Facebook, stating that he intends to expand the program throughout the country, starting with a discussion held through the social network itself.