The governor of Goiás decrees a financial calamity in the state | New

The state government states that it does not have sufficient financial resources for the public machine to work. He also said that revenues had not increased enough to support the increase in spending.

According to Governor Ronaldo Caiado, Goiás has reached the critical level of indebtedness. Today, the State's debt amounts to R $ 3.4 billion; R $ 720 million just for health care.

"At the present time, the state's position is to seek the maximum participation of all, to the extent that it is possible to provide hospitals, in order to be able to offer the minimum conditions of Exploitation in the area of ​​public safety, education and health, "Caiado said. 19659005] According to the state finance team, 70% of revenue is allocated to payroll in Goiás, and is expected to reach 82% by the end of the year.

Thursday (17), Governor Ronaldo Caiado had already gone to Brasilia to ask for help from the federal government.

The Financial Calamities Decree allows the government to renegotiate contracts with suppliers, suspend services that are not essential, and extend the time it takes to pay debts with banks and even with the federal government. This also allows him to spend more than 60% of the payroll

In this second, it was the turn of Goias to declare financial calamity. Mato Grosso Thursday (17). Roraima and the Rio Grande do Norte in early 2019. And three other states – Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais – had already declared a financial calamity. In total, seven states are not meeting their commitments.

The economist Danilo Orsida baderts that the measure adopted in this second gives a short-term breath to the State, but that it may pose problems in the future: "The State is a borrower and reaches this level. commitment level of its cash flow, this will certainly generate increasingly difficult access to new credits. "