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The expectation that the format of the debate held by Grupo Flow on Monday (23) would favor the presentation of proposals was fulfilled in the first round of questions. Fearing that new episodes of violence<\/a>\u00a0could occur between the candidates, the model adopted sought to prevent direct confrontation between S\u00e3o Paulo mayoral candidates.<\/p>\n The format, however, did not prevent Pablo Mar\u00e7al (Brazilian Renewal Labor Party) from verbally attacking the candidate for re-election Ricardo Nunes (Brazilian Democratic Movement), calling him \u201cbananinha\u201d (\u201clittle banana,” in a rough translation) and promising to arrest him if elected, which caused the former life coach to be expelled during the final considerations.<\/p>\n According to the rules of the debate, insults, swearing, and the use of derogatory nicknames were forbidden, and participants who broke any of the rules would receive warnings, being removed after receiving three warnings.<\/p>\n Outside the arena of discussion, another aggression marked the debate. An aide to Pablo Mar\u00e7al punched Nunes’ spin doctor, Duda Lima, in the face, who left the studio bleeding.<\/p>\n Nahuel Medina, a member of the former life coach staff, was trying to film Mar\u00e7al’s expulsion with a smartphone when Nunes’ spin doctor allegedly asked the man to leave, and was then punched. On social media, Medina later said he had only \u201cinstinctively defended himself.”<\/p>\n Format prevents confrontations between candidates<\/p>\n The questions were asked by experts, who covered six topics: education, health, homelessness, transportation, public security and accessibility. Following the same model, the questions in the following rounds were asked by voters, young people and internet users. Journalist Carlos Tramontina<\/a> mediated the debate.<\/p>\n The draw of mayoral candidates to find out who would answer and who would comment also did not contribute to harsher questioning, given that the pairs drawn were closer on the ideological spectrum: Marina Helena (New Party) and Pablo Mar\u00e7al<\/a> (Brazilian Renewal Labor Party) shared the pulpit twice and used the opportunity to criticize the federal government when the topic was health.<\/p>\n The same happened with Tabata Amaral (Brazilian Socialist Party), Guilherme Boulos<\/a> (Socialism and Liberty Party) and Jos\u00e9 Luiz Datena (Brazilian Social Democracy Party), who agreed on the solutions presented for problems such as the homeless population and public security.<\/p>\n Former prisoners<\/p>\n When answering a question from journalist Bruno Paes Manso<\/a>, a specialist in public security, Boulos highlighted the importance of creating public policies aimed at supporting former prisoners and mentioned it as part of the solutions for the so-called \u201cCracol\u00e2ndia\u201d region, a kind of Skid Row in the city of S\u00e3o Paulo known for the high rates of crack use. \u201cIt’s very important to separate users from dealers when talking about drug addicts. [And] in the case of people from the prison system, to have an inclusion policy that includes education, culture, jobs and mental health recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n Commenting on the same question, Tabata Amaral presented the \u201cCapacita\u00ed\u201d program as a solution, which aims to train young people in technology so they can be hired by big tech companies based in S\u00e3o Paulo. \u201cGoogle, Microsoft, Amazon, they are all here. Google has been pointing out that, in the tech area, there are countless vacancies, thousands of vacancies that are still open, because in S\u00e3o Paulo we don’t have people trained and prepared for this area.\u201d<\/p>\n She reinforced full-time schooling as a necessary measure to reduce homicide among young people. \u201cThis is my main goal in education: to guarantee that 100% of children will be in school all day long, attending robotics, English, theater, ballet, and judo classes. It’s a security [guarantee] for mothers who can then work in peace,\u201d she proposed.<\/p>\n Education<\/p>\n