Everything indicates that the new coronavirus pandemic has no end date, who would have thought that a government in Brazil would adopt a 30% cut in its own salary?
In an online statement, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul announced a 30% cut in his own salary. Other state secretaries were advised to do the same.
The new measures to combat the new Coronavirus were announced live on the morning of last Friday (10), at the Piratini Palace, the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, communicated about the cut of 30% in his own salary. The adjustment will be implemented over the next three months.
In the live broadcast he declared: in the next three months, I will be giving up, reducing my own remuneration by 30%, which is what we project as a drop in state revenue”
According to the Chief Executive, due to the impossibility of making cuts to public servants' salaries, state secretaries were instructed to also reduce their own salaries.
About the spending cuts announced by the governor
“There is a principle of irreducibility of public administration salaries and, therefore, I cannot determine the reduction of salaries for civil servants or even for the work team. Even so, I made a personal decision, which I recommended be followed by our secretaries, as public managers.”
We know that social isolation measures, due to the coronavirus pandemic, led to the closure of several economic activities, worsening the state's financial situation.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the state's financial situation has been affected and is worsening as a result of social isolation measures and the suspension of activities in various sectors of the economic hub.
“We are facing a situation in which millions of people will have their jobs affected, small, medium and even large business owners will be affected by the crisis that is arising from these restrictions.
Therefore, I do not consider it fair that those who serve the population are immune to this difficulty in light of what they observe,” he concluded.
See which secretaries adhered to the cut:
- Ranolfo Vieira Júnior, Vice-Governor and Secretary of Public Security
- Otomar Vivian, Chief of Staff
- Catarina Paladini – Justice, Citizenship and Human Rights
- Juvir Costella – Logistics and Transport
- Claudio Gastal – Governance and Strategic Management
- Tania Moreira – Communication
- Artur Lemos Júnior – Environment and Infrastructure
- Agostinho Meirelles – Articulation and Support to Municipalities
- Luís Lamb – Innovation, Science and Technology
- João Derly - Sports and Leisure
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