São Paulo Governor Tarcísio de Freitas published an article praising his achievements over three years in office, claiming to have had the 'courage to make the impossible happen'. A response from a state deputy from the PT party questions these claims, pointing out half-truths and omissions based on official data. The text highlights failures in areas such as the Sabesp privatization, infrastructure, and public security.
Tarcísio de Freitas, governor of São Paulo, recently published an article portraying himself as a courageous leader, listing supposed achievements from his administration. However, a state deputy from the PT party, leader of the PT/PCdoB/PV Federation in the Legislative Assembly, challenges these narratives by confronting them with official facts.
Regarding the Sabesp privatization, promoted as promising more investments and lower tariffs, the reality includes recurring water shortages, turbidity, and bad smells, along with tariff increases. Amid the worsening water crisis, there was no broad water-saving campaign or contingency plan for hospitals and schools.
On infrastructure, the governor celebrates the Santos–Guarujá tunnel but omits that half the funds come from the federal government. The northern section of the Rodoanel, 24 km long, was already 80% complete before his term, and the Linha 17-Ouro metro line was scaled back from the original project despite being advanced.
In the Casa Paulista program, Tarcísio claims delivery of over 76,000 homes, but 68% of that number consists of credit letters up to R$ 16,000 for private financing, not complete housing units.
In security, there is a decline in homicides, latrocínios, and robberies, but feminicides rose to 233 cases from January to November 2025, alongside cell phone thefts, cyber scams, and persistent police lethality.
In health, the creation of 8,000 beds is disputed: CNES data show a loss of 214 public beds, from 31,373 in December 2022 to 31,159 in September 2025.
The response also highlights omissions, such as payments of over R$ 2 billion to highway concessionaires for pandemic losses, R$ 3.7 billion to the Linha 6 concessionaire, and R$ 3 billion lost in selling Sabesp shares below market value. Additionally, a R$ 18.5 billion tax waiver for land regularization in Pontal do Paranapanema and over R$ 80 billion in opaque tax waivers, plus unexplained ICMS corruption.
The expansion of free-flow tolls and a 63.5% increase in gasoline ICMS, adding about R$ 0.60 per liter, are also unmentioned. The author concludes that the administration favors private interests over population rights, upheld by marketing and distortions.
