Federalism and Decentralization

Primeiro que eu fiz questão de escolher o meu vice-governador, que foi presidente da AMM, então conhece a realidade dos 853 municípios, conhece cada prefeito.

E aprender a modular.

And in parallel to that — and this is lamentably lacking today in São Paulo — a senator should be municipalist, who knows the reality of the municipalities. I was mayor twice; I know how much the interior suffers; I know how abandoned the interior of São Paulo is, its city halls and their mayors. People live in the towns; I myself propose to be a municipalist senator, opening the office to the 645 municipalities, listening to the mayors and their demands. São Paulo has several realities; the capital and the metropolitan region have their own reality.

But I would like to reinforce, as someone who is a municipalist, I want and understand that it is necessary to decentralize policy, decentralize the budget, decentralize resources, so that they do not only serve the municipality of São Paulo.

so that they reach Mauá, but also reach Castilho, which borders the city where I was born, Três Lagoas, so that they can extend not only to metropolitan regions but also to more distant administrative regions, whether the Northwest of São Paulo, the Coast, the Baixada Santista, or the Alto Tietê — it doesn't matter.

Eu acho que... São Paulo tem um papel federativo muito importante.

Primeiro, eu vou governar com os governadores.

Presta atenção, vou governar com os governadores.