Tarcísio de Freitas re-elected in São Paulo highlights proactivity against violence against women and announces health, mobility and water safety works

The re-elected governor of São Paulo, Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans) admitted that the state needs to "be more proactive" in combating violence against women in his second term. Tarcísio beat Fernando Haddad (PT) this Sunday (4) in the first round.

When asked, during an exclusive interview with EPTV, about what to do to reduce violence against women in the state, Tarcísio cited the programs that are already part of the government.

"We have to be more proactive. I think that Superação SP, which is our program, where we accompany families, will be an important ally in this confrontation. The active search for aggressors, and we have SP Por Todas today, which works as a large public policy umbrella", he replied.

According to the re-elected governor, incorporating women victims of violence into public policies is necessary to combat violence, in addition to investing in technology to monitor aggressors.

"From the moment a woman asks for help, asks for help, we don't end that service from the moment we receive a complaint. (...) The monitoring of the aggressors is being super consistent. In other words, where I carried out the monitoring, I didn't have a problem with recidivism (...) because femicide normally occurs already related to a situation of recidivism", he said.

Water security and coping with floods

When talking about the impacts of rain in the Campinas region, Tarcísio stated that he intends to expand flood prevention actions with desilting, containment and drainage works. According to him, the work has already been carried out and should continue.

The governor also highlighted that part of the coping strategy involves housing assistance for families living in areas subject to flooding.

He highlighted that a portion of the 150,000 homes foreseen in the government plan will be destined for residents of risk areas, such as floodplains and hillsides.

For the re-elected governor, the containment works can protect part of the population, but the definitive solution for some cases depends on the removal of families from vulnerable locations.

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Re-elected governor, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) highlighted that the government needs to "be more proactive" in combating violence against women in the 2nd term — Photo: Reproduction/EPTV

In addition to flood control, the governor cited initiatives aimed at water security in the Campinas region. He highlighted the construction of the Pedreira and Amparo reservoirs, with a combined capacity to reserve 85 billion liters of water.

The expectation is that the structure will benefit around 5 million people in 28 municipalities, and that the system will have a network of pipelines to distribute water to cities in the region.

"We will have a pipeline arriving in Campinas, arriving in Nova Odessa, arriving in Louveira. This will be fundamental for the entire region", he stated.

Metropolitan Hospital and Intercity Train

Project for the new Metropolitan Hospital, which will be built in Campinas — Photo: Disclosure/State Department of Health

In the health area, Tarcísio reinforced his commitment to delivering the Campinas Metropolitan Hospital. The expectation is that the construction of the unit will address historical bottlenecks in public health of high and medium complexity, such as queues, delays and overloads of exams, hospitalizations, consultations and procedures.

According to him, work has already started and the future unit will have 400 beds, a capacity that he compared to that of the Hospital de Clínicas (HC) at Unicamp. The bidding notice for the work estimated at R$553.7 million was published in April.

The governor also promoted the expansion of the regional supply of beds and the strengthening of financing for Santa Casas, philanthropic and municipal hospitals through the SUS Paulista Table.

'We're going to have a 400-bed hospital and we're going to continue financing philanthropy, the holy houses with the São Paulo SUS table, the municipal hospitals. This is particularly important, because when you pay municipal hospitals using the Swiss rate in São Paulo, I increase capacity, as they often do not operate at maximum capacity due to a lack of cost forecasts', he stated.

Regarding mobility, Tarcísio once again defended the Intercidades Train as one of the most emblematic works of his government. The governor highlighted that there are currently ten service fronts in progress and the schedule is maintained.

The Intercidades Express Train, which will connect Campinas and São Paulo with fewer stops, is scheduled for delivery in 2031.

The TIC will have speeds of up to 140 km/h and will connect the capital of São Paulo to Campinas in 1 hour and 4 minutes. The estimated fare for the express service is R$64.

"We will now have the Campinas-São Paulo connection possible, viable, operating", he stated when detailing the goals for the new mandate.

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