More than two weeks since the heavy rain that wreaked havoc in the State of São Paulo, none of the nine cities in São Paulo that were recognized as a state of emergency sent a request for funds to the federal government.
The information is from the Ministry of Regional Development. According to the folder, these requests need to be made by the Integrated Disaster Information System (S2iD), but, until this Thursday (17), they were not made.
The ministry says it cannot take into account the letter sent by the government of São Paulo, which asks for R$500 million, because it would be outside the requirements required by law for the release of public funds linked to rain damage.
So far, according to the ministry, nine cities have recognized the state of emergency due to the rains: Capivari, Campo Limpo Paulista, Monte Mor, Caieiras, Mombuca, Santa Isabel, Várzea Paulista, Jaú and Flora Rica. Recognition of critical status is a criterion for any municipality to be able to request federal resources in cases of disasters through the Integrated Disaster Information System.
However, according to the ministry, “so far, none of the nine cities that already have federal recognition has forwarded a request for funds to the MDR by the S2iD (acronym given to the system), as established in legislation”, responded to the CNN. The government claims that it has advised municipalities on access to the system.
Although some municipalities, such as the state government, have also sent letters, the federal government insists that this is not the correct path. The delivery of official letters does not replace the submission of a detailed survey of the damages, which corroborate the requested amounts.
The same protocol was adopted in other moments of natural disaster, as in the case of the rains that hit Bahia and Minas Gerais, before São Paulo. This is the model, for example, for the transfer to Petrópolis (RJ), which, according to the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Cláudio Castro (PL), has not yet calculated the amounts.
Source: CNN Brasil
