Court denies request for free passes on trains and the São Paulo Metro during the second round of elections.
The judge argues that approving free public transportation in metropolitan areas without legal or budgetary provisions and without public debate would distort the democratic process.
247 - The Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo denied a request from PSOL to guarantee free transport on trains and Metro lines in São Paulo on Sunday (30), the second round of the presidential elections.
Until now, The free pass was only authorized by the city hall of the capital., on municipal buses, from 6 am to 20 pm, on an exceptional basis.
In his decision, Judge Fausto Dalmaschio Ferreira, of the 11th Public Treasury Court, argued that "forcing the state government to provide free transportation in the metropolitan region less than a week before the vote would distort the democratic process, even with the paradoxical objective of defending it, since there is no legal or budgetary provision for free passes in this case, and there has also been no public debate on the subject," according to an excerpt from the ruling. reporter from G1.
The state government has announced that it is considering suspending the collection of bus fares.
According to a survey released by PTIn this second round, all 27 state capitals will have free public transportation for all Brazilians.
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