Leaders of the try to sensitize the politicians they visit so that they can increase the money to obtain available land with Incra.
The appeal is intended to purchase real estate and finance the installation of settlements.
“It is necessary to increase resources for the acquisition of land and settlement of families. Our demand is to raise this money, today from $ 400 million in the federal budget, to $ 1 billion,” says Débora Nunes of the National Coordination of the MST.
The movement charges, as a priority, the settlement of 65 thousand families. “We have 120,000 families camped, 65,000 who have been for over 20 years,” he continued.
The estimate of the group is that, with $ 100 million, it is possible to settle an average of 4,000 families.
The appeal should be made even during the coffee with parliamentarians that the movement performs this Friday. The president of the House of Representatives,
The event, in the Water White Park, in São Paulo, brings together parliamentarians and ministers of the government, including Paulo Teixeira (agrarian development), (institutional relations), Márcio Macêdo (General Secretariat of the Presidency).
The vice-president () is also expected to attend Saturday.
The fair, with over 500 tons of food being offered – ranging from fruits and grains to regional dishes for immediate consumption – is a sample, according to Deborah, how families with land are able to produce.
“We live in a country that still has millions of people who are hungry. Agrarian reform means the production of healthy foods and also the generation of work and income distribution,” says the MST coordinator.
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