Minister Luis Felipe Salomão, from the National Justice Department (CNJ), authorized the Court of Justice of Minas Gerais (TJ-MG) to transfer almost R$10 million to the Civil Defense of Rio Grande do Sul to quickly assist the state emergency situation.
The initiative complies with a CNJ resolution published last Thursday (2), which allows Brazilian courts to transfer and transfer amounts deposited in court to help the state of Rio Grande do Sul, which, Due to the effects of storms in 334 municipalities, there have already been 75 deaths. In addition, there are 103 missing and 88 thousand homeless .
Municipalities with a recognized situation of public calamity, whether by the municipal, state or federal Executive, will have preference to receive the amount. The Rio Grande do Sul General Inspectorate of Justice will be responsible for allocating the amounts transferred to public or private entities, whose beneficiaries provide services of greater social relevance.
The use of the resource, resulting from deposits of pecuniary fines, was requested by the Minas Gerais TJ and met by the CNJ with due accountability.
The governor of Rio Grande do Sul, Eduardo Leite (PSDB), said that the state will need extraordinary reconstruction measures – a kind of “Marshall Plan – after the heavy rains of the last few days, with support of all kinds, without political differences .
Last week, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) promised funds to support Rio Grande do Sul and says he will launch an arm of the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC) aimed at works on slopes.
With information from Estadão Conteúdo
Source: CNN Brasil
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