Pitiman launches attacks against the GDF (Government of the Federal District).
PSDB pre-candidate for governor of the Federal District and former Secretary of Public Works under Agnelo Queiroz, Congressman Luiz Pitiman adopts a harsh discourse in his pre-campaign; he says that the PT government is "marked by scandals."
247 – Congressman Luiz Pitiman, a pre-candidate for governor of the Federal District in 2014 and a recent member of the PSDB party, is already crafting a harsh discourse against the PT party of Governor Agnelo Queiroz. Speaking from the rostrum of the Ulisses Guimarães Plenary Hall in the Chamber of Deputies, he criticized the current administration: “The PT government, both in the Planalto Palace and in the Buriti Palace, has become known for generating negative headlines in the press.”
He cited scandals such as the AP 470 trial, the so-called "mensalão" (monthly allowance scandal), and the case of the former Chief of Staff of the Presidency, Rosemary Noronha, who was banned from public service for five years following allegations from Operation Porto Seguro.
Pitiman also said that he was always against the PMDB's alliance with the PT, to the point that his proportional election was not in coalition with the PT. "I was outvoted, especially because in the Federal District the PMDB has an owner." According to him, he was elected Federal Deputy, took a seven-month leave of absence to be the Secretary of Public Works of the Federal District, and decided, due to total incompatibility with the PT, to leave the Secretariat of Public Works.
Since then, he has chosen to join the PSDB. “I found in Senator Aécio Neves the experience, the projects for the future, and especially in the PSDB the willingness to change the way of governing,” he said, emphasizing, however, that joining a new party is not a decision made quickly or alone. “I spoke with everyone who is part of my political group, all those who have historically valued the PSDB in the Federal District, because I didn't want to impose a top-down decision,” he said.
According to Pitiman, Brasília needs, like Aécio did in Minas Gerais, a management overhaul. This should begin with a drastic reduction in the number of secretariats and appointed positions. Meritocracy needs to be valued, with a fourteenth salary being awarded to teachers and school principals who receive excellent evaluations. "Sometimes we don't need to invent, but rather copy what has worked in other cities," the congressman emphasized.