Novo pre-candidate in SP wants armed CET agents – 11/04/2023 – Power

Option of the Novo party for São Paulo City Hall, Marina Helena, substitute federal deputy, states that mayor Ricardo Nunes (MDB) is absent and does not stimulate income generation, while Guilherme Boulos (PSOL) is a risk and argues that the criminal is a victim of society.

The economist, who was CEO of the Millenium Institute and director of Privatization in Paulo Guedes’ ministry, defends arming CET (Traffic Engineering Company) traffic agents and financing the defense of doctors who recommend compulsory hospitalization in Cracolândia.

Marina Helena tells Sheet that Novo “had a great deal of idealism” and “got real” when considering the use of public funds in the campaign. In 2020, she was a candidate for vice mayor, but resigned from the ticket after Filipe Sabará was expelled from the party.

Datafolha research from August shows Boulos with 32%, followed by Nunes, with 24%, Tabata Amaral (PSB), with 11%, and Kim Kataguiri (União Brasil), with 8%. At the time, former deputy Vinicius Poit was tested as a Novo candidate and obtained 2%.

What encourages you to run for Mayor of São Paulo?
I’m not satisfied with the options we have. We have a very absent mayor. We are in a city with a lot of neglect. For me, the biggest pain for São Paulo residents is security. Today São Paulo spends 0.8% of its revenue on security and spends six times as much filling holes. I don’t see that person [Nunes] representing me.

We have a risk, which is Boulos’ risk. I came to São Paulo looking for an opportunity, and I don’t see that Boulos is someone who cares about that. I think his first job was now, as a federal deputy. Another point is the issue of security. There is a lot of this idea that criminals are victims of society. This is generating a lot of impunity.

What was the choosing process like at Novo to come up with your name?
I was taken by surprise. They made several inquiries, and my name came up. I had discovered I was pregnant and asked for time. After I saw that everything was fine [com a gravidez], I informed the party of this and they continued to insist. It was something interesting, not every party would act that way.

The right field has a congestion of candidates, with Ricardo Salles (PL), Kim and Nunes. How do you intend to differentiate yourself?
Nunes is not right-wing. I even see myself [Jair] Bolsonaro has great difficulty declaring support [a Nunes]. In the Nunes government, there is Marta [Suplicy]. The city hall, the deputy mayors, the secretariats, everything remains very crowded, as it always has been. I don’t see him [agir] by the security flag. He has no fiscal responsibility, he is not favoring entrepreneurship and the lives of those who want to work.

And what about Salles and Kim?
Salles has not yet announced his candidacy. Kim has partisan issues. I’m sure my name will be on the ballot.

São Paulo is very divided between left and right, with the left winning in 2022. Do you want to try to win over left-wing voters?
I differentiate myself with completely sensible, real, feasible proposals. And there’s no such thing as right and left, the problems are there and people want them to be solved.

What do you intend to do regarding security?
It has to become a priority. This involves increasing the delegated operation, expanding the number of Civil Guard personnel, and investing in data intelligence. This exchange with the state must exist. We see CET and GCM very focused on increasing this fines industry and it is now permitted for traffic officers to carry weapons. It is very important to train traffic officers so that they can carry weapons.

But security is something that largely depends on the state and federal government. Isn’t putting this issue as a priority overpromising or deceiving voters?
We need to invest in this, but it is not the only priority. Education is another flag, I’m talking about child care. Another flag is to encourage work. The mayor had the option of accelerating this, with the Economic Freedom Law, and chose not to do so. In both health and education, there is a large space for public and private partnerships. Brazil did this when we did ProUni, which gave scholarships to study at a private school.

How to resolve cracolândia?
Zero tolerance towards organized crime. And the second step is an issue that involves social assistance and the Department of Health. I am in favor of compulsory hospitalization. I know it’s not the mayor’s decision, but we need to talk to the medical community. Many doctors are afraid of being sued for authorizing hospitalization. The city hall can, for example, pay lawyers for them.

How to reduce the distance between Morumbi and Paraisópolis?
Mainly with job creation and opportunity. Much more important than the issue of inequality is the issue of poverty, which is unacceptable in a city like ours. And the solution involves quality education and social assistance. But this assistance must be provided in conjunction with tools that allow this person to have a decent job.

Why is poverty more important than inequality?
Because inequality ends up being an inevitable consequence of the capitalist system. Any attempt to match your final point, your arrival point, ended in misery. Just look at what is happening in Venezuela.

The pandemic demonstrated that it is important to have a social safety net, right?
It is fundamental. But there is no safety net that doesn’t provide the minimum, which is security. When we talk about a social protection network, this obviously involves the public sector, but we are talking about security, education, the privatization of Sabesp, which will provide sewage treatment to the poorest communities.

I asked about inequality because the other candidates have a relationship with the periphery. What did Mrs. Do you know from the outskirts?
I know a lot, I campaigned all over it. I know it takes me two hours to get to Parelheiros to hold a meeting there, because I’ve already been there and back a few times. The same thing in Jardim Ângela, the same thing in Perus, the same thing in several places I visited. And I lived on the outskirts of Maranhão. I ran away from home when I was abused and I had a chance because my parents were separated. Education and work changed my story.

Mrs. has a different program from the left, but Boulos leads and the PT won in the capital in 2022. Why does the left have so much support?
We always fall into the populist discourse that we need to focus on social justice. What is social justice in reality? It is an absolutely bloated State. You are taking money from the poor to support an elite that takes power.

Mrs. Are you concerned about the statements made by Governor Zema, who is from Novo, about the Northeast, since São Paulo has a large electorate in the Northeast?
Including me, because I lived in São Luís for ten years. They left there in search of opportunities. See what is happening with crime in these states governed by the left. The governor was completely misunderstood. What he said is that the states of the South and Southeast are underrepresented in Brasília.

In 2020, Novo launched Filipe Sabará for mayor and Mrs. as vice. He was expelled from the party in the middle of the campaign due to inconsistencies in his CV. Why should voters give the party a chance?
I have to thank you because, as a vice candidate, I coordinated the government program and it was a great learning experience. The New has changed a lot since those elections. This had a lot to do with the centralization of power that existed, that we actually had a chief.

Are you talking about João Amôedo?
Yes. This ended up spilling over into São Paulo, this whole dispute.

Will the party use electoral funds in the campaign? As for Mrs. should you use?
We still have a national convention to decide whether or not these resources will be used. I believe this will pass. We got real. We remain opposed [ao uso do dinheiro público]because these funds reached very high values.

Today we are going to the knife war. If the option is to be used, I will probably use a tiny amount compared to the other candidates. We had great idealism. To change this reality that we don’t agree with, we will actually need to be in the running. Private resources alone are not enough in this very unequal fight.

Will Paulo Guedes be your electoral campaigner? Will you participate in a possible government?
For me it would be the best. He was the one who invited me to go to Brasília and made me see up close how much Brazil needs good leadership. I would love to be able to count on him, but it’s his decision.

As a former member of the Bolsonaro government, Mrs. Will she bring national polarization or the Bolsonarist discourse to the campaign?
Now this Bolsonaro term applies to everything. I voted for Bolsonaro in the second round, like millions of Brazilians. This does not mean that these people are Bolsonarists. But I see that Bolsonaro had advantages, even more so in relation to the current government, especially in the direction of the economy.

Mrs. Do you consider yourself a Bolsonarist?
I think Bolsonaro was… He is still a great leader on the right. There are issues that I agree with not only with him, but with members of the right, such as freedom of expression, the issue that our State is bloated. I defend these agendas because they are mine, they belong to the Novo party.

Why did you decide to speak openly about having suffered sexual abuse?
It is much more common than you might think. There is a lot of talk about social justice, about caring for the most fragile. Where? This keeps happening.

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X-ray | Marina Helena, 43

Substitute federal deputy, she was director of Privatization at the Ministry of Economy in the Bolsonaro government and CEO of the Millenium Institute. In 2020, she would be a candidate for vice-mayor, but the candidacy of Felipe Sabará, expelled from Novo, was rejected. Born in Brasília, she lived until she was 13 years old in São Luís (MA). She completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees in economics at the University of Brasília (UnB) and worked in banks. In 2022, she declared assets of R$8.67 million. She is a pre-candidate for Mayor of São Paulo in 2024