In a public hearing at the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro (Alerj), convened by Paulo Ramos (PSOL / RJ), president of the Committee on Labor, Social
Legislation and Safety, the #ViraOJogoRio campaign was launched on yesterday (Wednesday 4th). The objective is to gather signatures on the website www.viraojogorio.com.br to show to the Ministry of Finance that Rio de Janeiro is not willing to give up more resources that finance day care centers, asylums and institutions that care for children, the elderly, victims of violence and people with special needs.
The Secretariat of Economic Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance (SEAE / MF) is making a road show to present the information of the instant lottery (Lotex) concession in the international and national markets, which monopolizes this operation, and according to
LOTERJ, will prevent the State Lotteries to continue doing their job. In the case of the State Lottery of Rio de Janeiro (
Loterj), which has been operating for almost 80 years, this represents the end of the transfer of funds to social entities, which would lead to the closure of these institutions and around 2,500 layoffs.
The president of
Loterj, Sérgio Ricardo de Almeida, attended the hearing and took the opportunity to launch the campaign.
"We are not here to defend my job and that of the
Loterj employees, but to stand against the illegal monopoly that the Union wants to institute in relation to the instant lottery, respect for the federative pact and to defend who else needs and is helped by the resources of
Loterj," says de Almeida.
Loterj's president also said he hoped the Supreme Court would uphold previous decisions by ministers EllenGraciee Ayres
Brittoe overturning the monopoly thesis defended by the SEAE.
By law, 70% of Loterj's profit has to be
transfered to social projects.
Meanwhile, Parliamentary Paulo Ramos proposed the creation of a Parliamentary Front to support
Loterj. "We will call on the two Carioca ministers to sensitize the Federal Government on the issue," he said.
Cibele Gomes, a
Loterj employee, went to the audience: "I have been working there for 29 years and I believe in the importance of what is done. The allocation of resources to social projects gives a much larger dimension to the sense of what we do."
In the
site www.viraojogorio.com.br is available the list of all institutions attended.
Source: GMB
