The governor and the former minister, pre-candidates better positioned in polls of voting intentions for the Government of, avoided taking a position on the
during the operation over the weekend, Tarcísio also remained silent, while Haddad spoke of a “lack of dialogue”.
A Sheet He contacted them both on Monday morning (11) and again in the afternoon and, initially, received no response on the topic. None of them addressed the issue in permanent posts on their social networks.
After the publication of the report, Haddad’s office sent a statement commenting on the PM’s action, without specifically addressing the students’ demands. “The scenes we saw this Sunday reveal the lack of dialogue and point to the failure of listening channels,” he said.
The federal deputy, in turn, spoke of “putting the rubber down” on the participants, while the mayor of Santo André (SP), responded that the students’ demands must be expressed with respect and that cases of police violence must be investigated.
In the early hours of last Sunday (10), the PM carried out an operation in the lobby of the rectory, which had been occupied for three days.
According to reports from students, during the early hours of the morning, around 4:15 am, police officers entered the building located in the west zone of São Paulo with stun bombs, tear gas and batons. Four students were detained.
USP repudiated the act.
A note from the SSP (Public Security Secretariat) states that the action involved 50 police officers and that there were no injuries. THE Sheethowever, went to the emergency room at the University Hospital after the operation and counted five hospitalized students.
The ministry also speaks of “exhaustion of attempts at dialogue” and “moderate use of force in the face of physical resistance to legal orders”. “Damage to public property was found, such as broken glass doors, damaged desks and tables, as well as damage to the entrance turnstile.”
On Monday afternoon, there was one in the center of São Paulo.
Among the students’ demands for the program —which has been taking place since April 15 and covers more than one hundred courses— is the increase in the permanence grant, housing assistance for low-income students, from R$885 to around R$1,000. In addition, students are asking for improvements in housing and university restaurants, known as “bandejões”.
The dean of USP, on the other hand, proposed a readjustment of the permanence allowance and that he will not negotiate with the students after the invasion of the rectory.
A Sheet contacted the pre-candidates for the Government of São Paulo to find out their position on the strike and the role of the Military Police in this case.
Kim Kataguiri (Mission)
Federal deputy since 2019, pre-candidate Kim Kataguiri claims that the police should have “put the rubber down” on the participants “before the first tent was placed on the ground”. The tents were placed by students when they occupied the university’s rectory building.
“There is no ‘student strike’. No one has the right to prevent teachers from working and students from studying, no matter what the demand,” Kataguiri added to Sheet.
For him, there should be no negotiation of the case with the strikers. In his government, the parliamentarian adds that he would work to have the students expelled from USP, in addition to being criminally prosecuted.
“USP belongs to all tax payers in the state of SP, it is not the private property of half a dozen DCE ‘revolutionaries’ [Diretório Central dos Estudantes]”, he concluded.
In March of this year, Kataguiri left União Brasil and joined Missão, a party created by MBL (Movimento Brasil Livre), a group of which he is a founder.
Paulo Serra (PSDB)
For Paulo Serra (PSDB), pre-candidate for government and former mayor of , the students’ demands must be expressed with respect to “public assets”, but “excesses” or cases of police violence must be investigated.
Serra said that, under his management, he would create a permanent negotiation table with students from the rectory itself with the participation of the state. “I would never let it lead to an occupation,” he said.
“It is unreasonable for conflicts to end in depredation, permanent tension or episodes of violence. Likewise, any report of excess or police violence needs to be investigated with seriousness, responsibility and balance”, added the toucan in a note.
In April this year, Paulo Serra was made official by the PSDB as the name to run for the Government of São Paulo. He is state president of the party.
Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans)
The governor participated this Monday morning (11) in a land regularization event alongside the mayor of São Paulo, but did not want to speak to journalists who were waiting for him there.
The report asked the state government’s press office for Tarcísio’s position on the strike and the accusations of police brutality, but only received a note from the state secretariat of Public Security.
At this morning’s event, in the east zone of São Paulo, a group raised posters criticizing the duo and mentioning the strike of municipal education employees: “Tarcísio and Nunes are destroying public education”, “No to the privatization of education” and “We are on strike for better working conditions”.
Fernando Haddad ()
A Sheet He contacted Haddad in the morning, through his press office, who informed him that he was in a meeting.
Initially there was no response.
After the publication of the report, the press office sent a note commenting on the PM’s action. “The scenes we saw this Sunday reveal the lack of dialogue and point to the failure of listening channels.”
