Journalist Paulo Alceu spoke on Tuesday (4th) with the senator elected by Santa Catarina last Sunday (2nd), Jorge Seif (PL). In the conversation, Safe spoke about the infrastructure of the state. For him, this is a big bottleneck for Santa Catarina’s needs.

“Santa Catarina is a state with macro regions, and they have different needs. People want to return home earlier (due to better roads),” he begins his explanation.

Paulo Alceu interviews Santa Catarina-elected Senator Jorge Seif (Poland) – Photo: ND/Reproduction/ND Connection

Seif also mentioned the lives of people from Santa Catarina getting lost on the roads, the need for increased tourism and the high cost of road transport. On this occasion, the senator reiterated that infrastructure needs “special emphasis.”

2nd shift

The senator was interviewed online as he is in Brasilia assisting then President Jair Bolsonaro in his campaign. According to him, Bolsonaro’s vote increased in some regions of the Northeast and decreased in the South and Southeast. Therefore, he would “sign a pledge to persuade and speak with the brothers of Santa Catarina.” Another phrase the senator said is that there are two paths, and the president at that time would be the best of them.

“There is a path of good and a path of evil. The path of goodness will win, and this path belongs to President Bolsonaro,” he repeated.

Seif tells how he got into politics

Seif told Paulo Alceu how he got into politics. According to him, this was not the original intention, as he started working at the age of 12 in the family’s fish shop.

The senator explained that he took with him to the event a list of all the problems faced by manufacturers of rural and fishing boats. This is how Bolsonaro and he first met.

“In my opinion, the fishmonger from Itajai, who was visited by the president for four hours, was unavailable. That’s how we met and that’s how he called me to the position of National Secretary of Fisheries,” he said. Jorge Seif was appointed in 2019 as Fisheries Minister by President Jair Bolsonaro.

fishing

Continuing the theme of fishing, Seif emphasized that there is a culture of eating more meat than fish. The senator believes that this behavior occurs because “unfortunately, fish is the most expensive protein.” However, he defended the increase in production.

“If we produce more, increase supply and presence on the market shelves, we will increase consumption,” he said.

The senator ended the interview with journalist Paulo Alceu by stating that more people should be involved in politics and that “for a long time we were careless and did not intervene,” he concluded.

Election results

Jorge Seif (Poland) was elected this Sunday (2) as the new senator from Santa Catarina. According to the TSE (Higher Electoral Court), he received 39.79% of the valid votes. He will hold this position for up to eight years. In total, ten people fought for a place in the state.

Jorge Seif began his public career as Minister of Aquaculture and Fisheries in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of the Government of Jair Bolsonaro (PL). He has first and second deputies Hermes Klann and Adrian of Bluekit respectively.

Safe joined PSL in 2019 but left the party in 2021 to join PL. The new senator has a bachelor’s degree in management and marketing from Univali (University of Vale do Itajaí). The new senator voted this morning in Itajai, on the north coast, along with his family.