RJ will not be able to pay its debts, Cabral complains.
"I already told President Dilma that. Of the 92 cities in the state (of Rio de Janeiro), 87 receive the royalties," complained the governor.
The governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral Filho, said today in an interview with CBN radio that if President Dilma Rousseff does not veto the bill approved yesterday by the Senate, which reduces the share of oil royalties paid to producing states, Rio will not be able to "meet its obligations."
He said he had already warned the president about this. "I already told President Dilma this. Of the 92 cities in the state, 87 receive royalties," he stated. The governor complained about what he described as "disrespect for the rules of the game." According to him, among other areas that will be affected are payments to retirees and pensioners, as well as the state's debts to the federal government.
The Senate approved a new model for distributing oil revenues last night. The system guarantees, as early as next year, a total of R$ 8 billion that can be divided among states and municipalities that currently receive almost nothing from the resources paid by oil companies operating in the country. Due to pressure from the Ministry of Finance, the Union's losses were mitigated, and Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, responsible for 98% of the country's oil production, ended up suffering a loss of billions of reais.