Vehicle inspection: “Specialist points out that the lack of the measure worsens air quality and indicates that public authorities do little to solve the problem”
Mayor Fernando Haddad (PT) evaded yesterday to answer whether the delay in opening the bid to hire the companies that will carry out the vehicle inspection can leave the vehicles without passing the test in 2014.
The hiring of Controlar’s replacement, who carried out the inspection until February, was suspended in May after the TCM (Municipal Court of Accounts) pointed out flaws in the competition. “It is possible to start the bidding (later this year), as soon as the court releases,” replied the mayor. Pressed to comment specifically if there is time to bid, sign contracts, open and equip inspection centers and analyze vehicles, all in four months, Haddad preferred to repeat the previous answer.
The PT commented that he would have a meeting with the adviser João Donato, from the Court of Auditors, just yesterday to discuss additional information requested by TCM technicians. According to the court’s office, until 5 pm the meeting had not taken place.
The president of the nucleus of environmental education at São Judas University, Luiz Alexandre Garcia Aleixo, considers the lack of inspection to be very damaging. “We can notice the damage to our air every day, he said.
JUSTICE / Haddad also commented on the decision of the Court of Justice authorized, last week, the City Hall to put into practice the new rules of vehicular inspection. “We ended up with the nickel chip that was that thing about paying for a new car to do. This only happens in Brazil, or rather, it only happened in São Paulo. ”
For lawyer Jorge Henrique Zaninetti, who represents the Health and Sustainability Institute, it is unthinkable that the city is not currently doing the control. “Our concern is because we know that the elimination of the charge occurred for strictly political reasons, because of the campaign promise,” he criticized.
Report published in the newspaper Diário de S.Paulo (Aug 5, 2014) | Jessica Souza