Classes in the public and private network of the Federal District (DF) are suspended this Friday (30). The measure was determined by Governor Ibaneis Rocha due to the first round of the general elections, on Sunday (2).
The decree with the determination was published last Monday (26) in the Federal District Official Gazette. The suspension of classes also covers institutions of higher education and free courses, public and private.
Many school facilities will be used as polling stations. Therefore, the governor’s decree establishes that those responsible for each of these units should work today, from an early age. They should receive electronic voting machines, which are distributed by the Electoral Justice.
Regarding the replacement of classes, the DF government determined that public schools follow the guidelines of the Secretary of Education. In the case of private institutions, each one will define how this will occur.
There is also a forecast that this suspension will be repeated on October 28, the Friday before the second round of elections. The decree, however, already provides for the cancellation of this determination if there is no second round in the Federal District. For this to happen, the election for President of the Republic and for Governor of the Federal District must end in the first round, with the leaders in both votes obtaining more votes than the sum of their opponents.
