The collapse of the São Francisco de Assis Churchin Salvador, reflects, according to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the lack of budget planning. Something that should have been done at the moment when its tipping, as a historical heritage, was proposed.
In Lula’s evaluation, this problem common to various parts of the country results in abandoned buildings.
“We need to review this and have responsibility when doing a tipping, aiming at its maintenance. Otherwise, there will be a lot of falling in Brazil, ”said the president during an interview on Thursday (6) to radios Metropolis and Societyfrom Bahia.
Lula said he accompanied what happened in Salvador and has already instructed federal authorities, such as the Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes, and the Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan) to go to Bahia.
“I am sorry for the fall of the church. All my solidarity with people victims of this incident,” the president said amid criticism of the lack of budget forecasts for many of the historic buildings listed in the country.
According to him, all tipping proposals need to be accompanied by budget for their maintenance. He even mentioned the difficulties he had to do the recovery works in the Três Powers Square in Brasilia, after his destruction during the scammer acts of 8 January.
“It’s all endless. It’s all complicated. When we fall, we are gesturing humanity, because preserving history and culture is wonderful. But then we find that it has no money, and that the money was not placed on In the budget, whether from the federal government, the state or the city, “he said.
He recalled that in several states, such as Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and in Brasilia, buildings Sao Tipped, “but when you fall a public asset, you also need to put money to keep things.”
“I see a lot of listed building in Bahia, in Pernambuco. But the citizen who tumbled and approved the law, whether in the City Council or deputies, he does not put a budget to keep it. Tumbles and the thing is rotting, aging, falling, ”he added as he demanded more responsibility for those who make the tipping proposal.
