Tarcísio transforms the Secretariat of Sports into a bastion of the Military Police – 01/17/2023

Some of the key positions of Minister of Sports have been held in the São Paulo state government since the beginning of the administration Tarcisio de Freitas (Republicans) by the military police, especially from the reserves. The governor, who promised an “absolutely technical” secretariat, appointed a military policewoman with no previous experience in the sports field as the sports secretary, but close to Marcos Pereira, the party’s national president.

The new secretary is “Colonel Helena Reese”, which includes in her political name the fact that she is a retired Prime Minister. She, who was the head of the military house of the Socialist Party, ran for vice state last year for the Republicans, the same party as Tarcisio, in a double with Pereira, and was the first alternative, with 52,000 votes.

By nominating a black woman, Tarcísio was able to mitigate criticism against him for the absence of people with this profile in the Secretariat he had already created and announced. In addition, with a military policewoman, he escaped harassment Flavio Bolsonaro (PL), the senator who sought the candidacy of his friend and best man Marcelo Magalhaes, former national secretary for sports.

Police men

As the one in charge of the sports secretariat, Coronel Helena (who presented herself this way in the official channels of communication) appointed a series of police officers who had no experience in public sports politics. Coordinating sports and leisure, one of the most important positions in the portfolio, will be occupied by Paolo Sergio Merino, retired Prime Minister and Master of Collegiate Health, with a thesis on police fatalities.

He has a degree in physical education and a postgraduate degree in sports training, but he has always worked in the police and, since 2004, has been exclusively at the head of battalions and companies.

Merino and Helena Reis were classmates at the Academia do Barro Branco, where they also studied with retired colonel Monia Politi, who last year went to the reserve and is now technical advisor to the Office of the Sports Secretariat, the same position as Major Marcelo Hideki Hania, who presented himself as helicopter pilot and flight instructor.

The folder servers claim that other police officers have already been introduced to the Secretariat and should be officially appointed in the coming days. The Secretariat, when cross-examined, defended Merino’s appointment, citing his training in physical education, and said that “the other appointments are of officers with proven experience in the areas in which they will work in the Sports Secretariat, as well as having the confidence of Secretary Colonel Helena Reis who is legally responsible for appointing positions on the committee.” .

New Horizon Sports

Politicians from tiny Novo Horizonte will hold two important positions in Secretariat, a small town of 41,000 inhabitants near São José do Rio Preto that is in turn the political stronghold of Coronel Helena — in 2020, the same year she went for reservations, and tried for office Mayor, and finished the elections in second place.

Now, she has chosen Beto Souza, a former Novo Horizonte Republican advisor, as her executive secretary. The secretary says that he “came from sports.” Souza owns an academy and was the Municipal Secretary for Sport, in addition to his work in the youth teams of Grêmio Novorizontino.

The Director of Sports is Rodrigo do Prado, Chancellor of Novo Horizonte, also of the Republicans, having served as Minister of Sports in the municipality. According to the state government, he has a degree in physical education.

The electoral handler of “Coronel Helena” and Marcos Pereira, of whom he was legislative advisor, Marquinhos Cardoso was appointed advisor in the office of the secretary. In addition to him, five other people appointed to the secretariat have, in the past, worked in the Sports Secretariat itself or in the Environment File when they were occupied by Republicans.

Historical

The Sports Secretariat passed the entire department Joao Doria (PSDB) in Republican hands, with Aildo Rodrigues as Secretary. He left when the party went into opposition to launch Tarcísio as a candidate in April. Aildo ran for state vice president, and was presented in radio and television advertisements as “the guy from ‘Aryninhas'”, referring to businesses scattered around the state, but he only received about 20,000 votes.

For seven months, the bag was under the management of Podemos, who appointed Thiago Milhem, former municipal secretary of São Paulo. With him, almost the entire secretariat is allocated by candidates from the party, which continues to lead an equivalent portfolio in the city of São Paulo.