缺乏資金 里約政府宣佈進入財政災難狀態

Francisco Dornelles, the acting governor of Rio de Janeiro state, declared a state of financial disaster in an effort to change budgetary priorities without disrespecting Brazil's fiscal laws.

里約熱內盧州代理州長弗朗西斯科·多內萊斯近日宣佈該州進入“財政災難狀態”，試圖在不違反巴西財政法的前提下變更預算優先項。

Dornelles' move will let him adopt exceptional measures to pay costs related to the upcoming Olympic Games as the state grapples with the country's steep economic recession.

由於里約州正在全力應對國家經濟大幅衰退，此舉將使多內萊斯採取非常措施支付即將舉行的奧運會產生的相關費用。

Mr Dornelles' office said in a statement that the decision was made because a dip in revenues from taxes and oil royalties was "stopping the state of Rio de Janeiro from honouring its commitment to the organisation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games".

多內萊斯辦公室在一份聲明中表示，做此決定是因爲稅收下降以及石油產地使用費問題正在“阻止里約州履行組織奧運會和殘奧會的承諾”。

The statement continued: "The financial crisis has brought several difficulties in essential public services and it could cause the total collapse of public security, health care, education, urban mobility and environmental management,"

該聲明繼續寫道：“金融危機已爲基本公共服務帶來許多困難，這可能造成公共安全、醫療保健、城市交通和環境管理的全面崩潰。”

Rio's state government is in such dire straits that two of its hospitals were taken over by the Rio city government to allow doctors to keep being paid. Some police stations are so underfunded that they have asked neighbours to donate basic items like toilet paper. Public workers and retirees have suffered months-long delays in receiving their money.

里約州政府陷入了非常嚴重的困境，兩所醫院都被市政府所接管，以此來向醫生們繼續支付工資。一些警察局甚至由於資金不足，不得不請求鄰州捐贈基本物品，比如廁紙。

Brazilian media said Mr Dornelles had asked the country's acting president Michel Temer for nearly 625m pounds in emergency funds for the state government, but a decision was not announced.

巴西媒體稱，多內萊斯曾要求該國的臨時總統米歇爾·特梅爾撥6.25億英鎊的緊急救援資金給州政府，但目前還沒有公佈決定。