The former governor of Rio de Janeiro would have authorized the transfer of R$730 million to 16 municipalities on his last day at the Palácio da Guanabara
O interim governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro and licensed president of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ), judge Ricardo Couto, blocked a million-dollar release of resources from the Sovereign Fund for municipalities in Rio de Janeirowhich would have been approved at the end of the administration of former governor Cláudio Castro (PL-RJ).
As reported by the portal g1 and on television news RJTV2yes TV Globo, the transfer of R$730 million to 16 municipalities in the interior of the statefor paving and slope containment works, would have been authorized by Castro on the last day of government, in March, on the eve of announcing his resignation.
“Interim governor Ricardo Couto states that he was not informed about the matter at the time and that, for now, there will be no release of resources from the Sovereign Fund. The projects presented by the areas will be analyzed by the technical bodies of the new government”, replied the interim governor’s advisor, in a note.
The former governor Castro countered the newsstating that the Sovereign Fund committee approved the framework at an ordinary meetingin what would only be a first step in a long process of releasing resources for the selected projects.
“They are saying that I ‘released R$730 million’ and that this amount was later cancelled. This is not true. The resources come from the Sovereign Fund, were analyzed by an ordinary committee meeting and follow well-defined rules. There is no isolated decision, no improvisation“, stated Castro in a post this Tuesday afternoon (21), on his profile on a social network.
Cuts and exemptions
Earlier, the current interim management reported having formalized it in the Government and Civil House Secretariats. The interim government estimates that the annual savings accumulated only in the Government Secretariat (Segov) is approximately R$30 millionwith around R$8 million annually saved in this last cut.
“The measures are part of the set of ongoing audits in the state governmentwhich provides for the review of administrative structures and contracts, with a focus on improving management and the responsible use of public resources”, informed Segov, in a note. The new round of exemptions was published in an extraordinary edition of the Official Gazette on Monday (20).
“The measure continues the structural review process conducted by the administration of interim governor Ricardo Couto, with a focus on rationalizing expenses and increasing the efficiency of the public machine”, explained the secretariat. “Just like in the previous steps, the survey identified functional inconsistencies in the cases analyzed, such as the lack of access records to internal systems and the lack of institutional accreditation, which led to the dismissals.”
