The president, Jair Bolsonaro, edited, on the night of this Monday (14), a decree extending, to December 31, 2022, the validity of the agreements and transfer contracts entered into by agencies and entities of the federal public administration for voluntary transfers. of resources from the Union to the municipality of Petrópolis (RJ), whose validity would end between February 15 and December 30, 2022.
Petrópolis faced heavy rains on February 15th that left, so far, 233 dead and 994 people who are living in temporary shelters. () On March 8, the Ministry of Health published today (8), in the Official Diary of the Uniona concierge authorizing the transfer of R$ 1,040,692.05 from the National Health Fund (FNS) to strengthen the health surveillance system and implement surveillance, prevention and control of epidemics in the event of an emergency in the affected neighborhoods. ( )
The decree published today also suspended, until December 31, 2022, the counting of the deadlines established by Interministerial Ordinance No. , relating to agreements and transfer contracts entered into by agencies and entities of the federal public administration for the transfer of resources from the Union to Petrópolis that are in the execution or accountability phase. The suspension of the deadlines does not prevent the execution of the agreements and transfer contracts entered into.
According to the General Secretariat of the Presidency, the measures seek to help the municipality to face the consequences of the public calamity situation resulting from the heavy rains that hit the region, ensuring the continuity of the execution of 34 agreements and transfer contracts, which represent the application of about of R$ 17 million and allowing accountability actions to be carried out by the municipality when it is possible to reestablish administrative flows, after facing the emergency situation.
