Douglas Ruas says that reoccupying territories dominated by organized crime will be a priority for his government

"We are talking about 1/3 of the population of our state that does not have economic freedom, does not have guaranteed the right to come and go, because often a barricade prevents it. People cannot freely choose the internet provider signal they want to hire, cable TV, because organized crime has imposed a monopoly on these activities," said Ruas.

Ruas stated that the team that will be appointed to the public security area will detail the territory reoccupation plan sent by the state government to the Federal Supreme Court (STF). According to him, the intention is to put the measures into practice in the first months of management.

“Let's see what we can add, let's seek a meeting at the STF to seek approval of the plan and put it into practice in the first months of government.”

The elected governor also defended the removal of statistics on deaths committed by State agents from the Public Security Institute's target system.

"Self-defense cannot be treated as punishment for the police officer. It is not fair, when the police officer needs to defend his life, for him to be administratively punished", he stated.

Ruas also said that he hopes that the approval of the Public Security PEC and the creation of the Ministry of Public Security will facilitate dialogue with the federal government. He recalled that, last year, 900 rifles were seized in the state of Rio de Janeiro and defended joint action by state and federal security forces.