The state deputy of São Paulo (União Brasil) presented a factual report to the Federal Government so that an administrative procedure or civil inquiry can be initiated to investigate the transparency failures in the execution of the (Growth Acceleration Program).
The news is in fact based on a technical note published by the NGO Transparency International – Brazil that cites a “chronic problem of transparency” in the program, which predicts .
In the report, the organization says that the PAC’s overall transparency score was 12.12 points on a scale of 0 to 100, which represented an improvement compared to 2024, when the score was 8.15 points.
In the document filed with the MPF, the state deputy cites the organization’s technical assessment of information on New PAC works, considered deficient and with gaps in the publicity of technical, economic and environmental feasibility studies, environmental licensing documents, bidding notices and contracts, socio-environmental impact reports and physical-financial execution data.
“The situation becomes even more worrying given the fact that six of the nine axes of the New PAC received a zero score in the evaluation, which means a complete absence of the minimum information required for social and institutional control”, writes the parliamentarian in the news.
Zacarias highlights data that indicates that, of the 23,059 works linked to the New PAC, only 8,297 (around 36%) have some level of detail accessible to the public, while only 5.67% of the total forecast (R$ 79.5 billion) has sufficiently detailed information.
It also highlights that the information that a significant portion of the New PAC’s resources is concentrated in projects with high potential for environmental impact.
He asks the MPF to request information from the Civil House and the management bodies of the New PAC about the advertising criteria adopted, possible classification or restriction of access to documents and the reasons for the absence of environmental and feasibility studies on the official portal, among other points.
In a note published on Monday (5), the Civil House cited that the survey was carried out “by an NGO investigated by the Federal Police” and stated that “all information is available on official transparency channels”.
“On the Novo PAC website, any citizen can access information about the works and projects arriving in their cities, expanding inspection and control”, indicates the text. “As new steps are taken, the details of the works are expanded. Not only that, other data and information are public on different pages and easily located.”
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