{"id":32959,"date":"2016-09-24T12:11:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T15:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rioonwatch.org\/?p=32959"},"modified":"2024-09-05T11:19:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T14:19:56","slug":"rio-mayoral-candidates-meet-the-favelas-at-public-debate-in-mangueira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=32959","title":{"rendered":"Rio Mayoral Candidates Meet the Favelas at Public Debate in Mangueira"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Following a local debate in Mar\u00e9 on September 15<\/a>, Rio’s mayoral candidates attended a\u00a0debate with favela residents from across the city<\/a> on September 18 at the historic Samba Museum in Mangueira<\/a>. Over 400 people came to hear the candidates respond to questions from favela residents. All 11 candidates<\/a> were invited to the event, with\u00a0eight confirming\u00a0and six actually attending the debate. The six candidates<\/a> in attendance were Alessandro Molon (REDE), Jandira Feghali (PCdoB), Marcelo Crivella of the Brazilian Republican Party (PRB), Marcelo Freixo of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL),\u00a0Carmen Migueles of the New Party (NOVO), and Cyro Garcia of the United Socialist Workers Party (PSTU).<\/p>\n

Evangelical bishop Crivella was the first of the candidates to arrive, and was greeted with enthusiastic applause and cheering from the crowd. Throughout the debate, he received the most applause, even before he actually spoke. Crivella is currently ahead in opinion\u00a0polls with 27% of the vote<\/a>. The crowd was also particularly receptive to Jandira and Freixo, and applauded their responses increasingly as the debate went on.<\/p>\n

Ag\u00eancia de Not\u00edcias das Favelas (ANF)<\/a>, a favela news agency founded in 2001 that works to stimulate integration and exchange of information between favelas, organized the debate. ANF selected five topics for the debate\u2013culture<\/a>, sport<\/a> and leisure<\/a>, education<\/a>, infrastructure<\/a>, and health<\/a>\u2013and each candidate responded to one question from\u00a0each topic. Residents in\u00a0favelas across Rio submitted questions to ANF beforehand for each of the topics.<\/p>\n

\"Packed<\/a><\/p>\n

Questions regarding culture focused on funk<\/a> music, government investment in cultural preservation and promotion, and the occupation of the Ministry of Culture<\/a>, known as OcupaMinC. Molon and Freixo, who received questions about funk, both emphasized the importance of funk and its place in Rio\u00a0culture. Jandira gave Little Africa<\/a> and the Port Region<\/a> as examples of areas where culture should be preserved. Crivella, when asked about\u00a0OcupaMinC<\/a>, a protest movement against President Temer\u2019s attempt to close the Ministry of Culture, did not at first recognize what it was.<\/p>\n

With respect to education, the importance of daycare arose frequently. Questions demonstrated that residents were concerned about opportunities for children, and on a practical level need somewhere for their children to stay during the work day. The importance of daycare and education in general also came up several times when candidates were questioned about public security<\/a>. For Carmen, the greatest failure with respect to security was the failure to protect children. Jandira said keeping children in school during the day would be one of the most helpful proposals with respect to security.<\/p>\n

Questions about healthcare demonstrated that favela residents were concerned with lack of capacity and unequal access to healthcare. Freixo and Garcia both said that when the federal government fails to manage\u00a0their clinics, the municipality should take over running them. For Jandira, a medical doctor,\u00a0inequality<\/a> in access to healthcare reflected unequal living conditions across the city. Infant mortality, for example, is higher in favelas.<\/p>\n

\"Residents<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, with respect to infrastructure, candidates emphasized the importance of including favela residents in decision making<\/a>. As an example, Molon gave Rocinha<\/a> residents’ successful rejection<\/a> of a proposal to construct a cable car\u00a0there.<\/p>\n

As the mayoral election draws closer, how the candidates interact with and respond to concerns of those most traditionally neglected by the government–the city’s favela residents–is crucial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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