The National Association of Traffic Departments (and), which represents the Detrans of the States and the Federal District, criticized this week the official communication of the Federal Government about the Planalto Palace of generating “unreal expectations” in the population about the reach of the initiative. The information is from Folha de S. Paulowho had access to the documents.
In a letter sent on Monday (4) to the Secretariat of Social Communication of the Presidency (Secom), the entity charges corrections on advertising released on the social networks of the Lula Government (PT) and warns of the lack of national regulation that guarantees the automatic gratuity of the National Driver’s License (CNH) to all registers in the Single Registry (Cadunico).
Planalto publications state that, as of August 12, any low -income citizen enrolled in the CadÚnico will be entitled to gratuity in obtaining CNH. However, it states that there is no federal standard that institutes the benefit automatically and universal.
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According to the association, the program known as “CNH Social” is regulated by state laws, with criteria, deadlines and budgets of each Detran. The entity warns that federal communication “omitted this fundamental information”, which can cause a disordered increase in the demand for the services of Detrans, generating “frustration and impact on the routine of care.”
“The generic way how the information has been disclosed can induce the population to error, creating an expectation that does not match the current legal and budgetary reality,” says the letter, signed by the president of and, Givaldo Vieira da Silva.
The Association requests Secom to revise advertising material, the issuance of a public note with clarification and the legal contextualization of the initiative, noting that it is a state program, with budgetary and operational limitations.
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What the new law says
On June 27, President Lula sanctioned a change in the Brazilian Traffic Code that authorizes the use of funds raised with traffic fines to fund CNH of low -income people. The proposal, authored by Deputy José Guimarães (PT-CE), was approved by Congress in May and determines that the eligibility to the benefit is linked to the registration in the CadÚnico.
The legal text, however, does not impose automatic gratuity nor establish a federal mechanism of mandatory funds transfer to Detrans. The implementation of the benefit depends on state regulation and local budget allocation decisions.
Government retreats and recognizes limitations
Given the criticism, the Brazil agencyFederal Government’s official communication body, acknowledged in a statement that adherence to the program depends on a decision of state traffic agencies. The publication points out that, although the law allows the use of resources, each state will define the criteria and the calendar for the selection of beneficiaries.
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The text states that candidates will be prioritized for the first qualification in categories A (Moto) and B (car), but that Detrans can extend the benefit to categories such as C, D or and, according to their local public policies.
Parallel proposal
The controversy surrounding CNH Social coincided with another proposal in the field of traffic, this time from the Minister of Transport, Renan Filho. In an interview with Videocast C-Level Interviewthe minister defended the end of the obligation of self -schools as a mandatory stage to obtain the CNH, suggesting that classes become optional.
“Brazil is one of the few countries in the world that forces the subject to do a number of class hours to take a test,” said Renan. “The school will remain, but instead of being mandatory, it can be optional.”
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According to him, the change can reduce the cost to obtain the qualification by more than 80%, which currently spins between $ 3,000 and $ 4,000, depending on the state.
