The mayor’s opponents argue that the city is abandoned; City Hall says questions about public safety should be directed to the state government
The attempted theft of a Rede Globo journalist this Friday 8th has become a topic of discussion among the pre-candidates for the Sao Paulo City Hall. On social media, pre-candidates criticized the lack of security in the capital of São Paulo, trying to associate this with the mayor’s management Ricardo Nunes (MDB). City Hall, in turn, indicated that public safety is the governor’s responsibility Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans).
When asked about the security situation in the city, the Nunes administration stated that “questions regarding public security policies should be forwarded to the Public Security Secretariat (SSP) of the State of São Paulo.” OR Estadao contacted the SSP, but did not receive a response until this report was published. The space remains available for any events.
During a live broadcast, journalist Juliane Massaoka was the target of an attempted theft. She was on Avenida Paulista, in the center of the capital, when a man on a bicycle tried to steal her cell phone. After the incident, the deputy and pre-candidate Guilherme Boulos (PSOL-SP) declared, in a post on X (formerly Twitter), that “São Paulo is abandoned”.
A city without command or control. San Paolo is abandoned! pic.twitter.com/b6et6t8xGs
— Guilherme Boulos (@GuilhermeBoulos) December 8, 2023
Leader in polls on voting intentions, Boulos was accompanied by other candidates, who took advantage of the case to criticize municipal management. On social media, MP Tabata Amaral (PSB) said that “the lack of effective public safety policies is reflected in the fear that every citizen felt when walking out onto the streets of São Paulo.”
Deputy Kim Kataguiri (União Brasil) classified the condition of the center of São Paulo as absurd. “By lying to these rogue bandits (sic) I have created a package of zero tolerance for crime. The package includes everything from reducing the age of criminal responsibility to 16 to mandatory hospitalization for crack addicts,” he wrote .
According to the Constitution, the state is responsible for public security, while the military police, subordinate to governors, are tasked with maintaining public order and carrying out overt policing to prevent crimes. The text also provides that Municipalities have the possibility of establishing municipal guards to protect their goods, services and structures.
In the case of São Paulo, mayor Jânio Quadros created the Guardia Civil Metropolitana (GCM) in 1986. In addition to its function as a property guard, law no. 10.115/1986 establishes that the GCM must contribute to public safety.
Source: Terra
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