"President Rousseff proposals where directed to improve basic services and infrastructure, on the belief that the popular uprising was not so much anti-government as it was motivated by income inequality and lack of basic services. She then outlined a governmental action plan of five agreements in favor of the population. Dilma suggested that local governments would take action for immediate improvements. The first agreement involved fiscal responsibilities and the guaranty of economic stability, with particular attention to inflation control. In the second agreement, President Rousseff proposed a broad political reform that will put emphasis on citizen involvement on public decisions. As part of the political reform and in order to immediately attend some demands, on Thursday, senators and congressmen on both chambers of Brazilian Congress quickly approved alterations in the penal code, considering corruption as a hideous crime, which minimal penalty raise from two to four years of incarceration. In a third agreement, Dilma Rousseff proposed reforms to immediately improve the public health system, with the hire of international professionals as an emergency measure, but also thinking long-term by increasing the seats in the public universities to graduate more health professionals. Regarding public education, Dilma suggested that the chambers would approve to use 100 percent of royalties coming from oil extraction on the public education system. Congressmen and senators immediately discussed this proposal, and on Wednesday they finally approved to split 75 percent education, 25 percent health. Finally, to address the public transport issue, President Rousseff suggested an urban mobility agreement, promising to invest $25 billion in transportations systems. Dilma also reduced taxation on diesel to lower the cost of providing transportation." therealnews/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10386
Posted on: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 01:08:49 +0000