Garotinho: 'I will reopen Guanabara Palace to the people'
Federal deputy and candidate for governor of Rio, Anthony Garotinho (PR), stated that, if elected, he will reopen Guanabara Palace to the people; the parliamentarian said that he was "the first governor to create an ombudsman's office, the 'Fala Cidadão' (Citizen Speaks), through which any citizen could communicate with the government, make complaints, request works, give suggestions"; "And I made a point of receiving a daily report to monitor the demands," he said.
Rio 247 – Federal deputy and candidate for governor of Rio, Anthony Garotinho (PR), stated that, if elected, he will reopen Guanabara Palace to the people. The parliamentarian also criticized former head of the Rio de Janeiro Executive branch, Sérgio Cabral, and the current governor, Luiz Fernando Pezão, saying that both members of the PMDB party prohibited the entry of "unauthorized persons" into the state government headquarters.
Garotinho said that he was "the first governor to create an ombudsman's office, the 'Fala Cidadão' (Citizen Speaks), through which any citizen could communicate with the government, make complaints, request public works, and give suggestions." "And I made sure to receive a daily report to monitor the demands," he said. your blog.
In criticizing the PMDB's administration, the congressman stated that "one of the first measures of the Cabral-Pezão government was to prohibit the entry of 'unauthorized persons' into Guanabara Palace, that is, the people."
"After last year's protests, the palace was surrounded by barricades and now nobody can get close. They also shut down the ombudsman's office, the 'Speak Up, Citizen' service, the website started showing a message saying it was under maintenance, but it never came back," he stated.