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# Open Letter to the People of Itapeva: July 2025
- URL: https://amemamem.com.br/en/open-letter-to-the-people-of-itapeva-july-2025/
- Published: 2025-07-11T15:19:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T01:04:20.000Z
- Description: I am not writing this letter to defend names, parties or flags.
- Author: Airton Humber
- Tags: #en, #de-carta-aberta-ao-povo-de-itapeva

I am not writing this letter to defend names, parties or flags.  
I write as a citizen. As a Christian. As someone who loves this land, knows its history and carries in his heart the sincere desire to see our region prosper.

The new mayor took office only a few months ago, in January. And what we have seen, from the beginning, is a City Council that chose confrontation instead of collaboration. Criticism of the choice of secretaries came before the work could even begin. The climate of dispute was set. And now they even talk about impeachment.

This is not new. But it is regrettable.

And, unfortunately, it is a faithful picture of what repeats itself in so many places:  
executive and legislative facing off against each other, as if the office were an end in itself, and not a means of serving.

But I ask myself: what about us, the people? What about us, who call ourselves Christians? What game are we playing?

It is easy to look at the past and point out mistakes. It is hard to look at the future with hope.  
It is easy to repeat accusations in order to destroy. Building is the challenge.

The evil one has a game: to steal, kill and destroy.  
That is the game of interests, of vanity, of the dispute for power.  
But our calling is another.  
We are called to pray for the peace of the city where we were placed,  
because in the peace of the city we will also have our peace (Jeremiah 29:7).

It is time to set aside the fight for control.  
It is time to look at the common good.  
And even more: it is time to be consistent with the faith we profess.

Our fragile Christian convictions prove powerless before the weight of the political game.  
And this should lead us to reflect, not on others, but on ourselves.

It is not about supporting blindly. Nor about opposing for the sake of opposing.  
It is about understanding that, without unity, a city is paralyzed.  
And the people keep paying the bill.

Itapeva is not alone in this drama. Our whole region has lived the same abandonment, the same disputes and the same lack of vision for the future.  
That is why, with a group of friends, we created the website [sulpaulista.com.br](https://sulpaulista.com.br/novo-estado/sudoeste-paulista?ref=amemamem.com.br).  
There, we recorded not only the history of the neglect of the Sudoeste Paulista, but also issued a challenge: what if we began to unite? What if the solution were in the region itself?

We know it is a gigantic challenge. But we believe it is the only real path to a deep transformation.  
We no longer want to be the forgotten south of São Paulo. We want to be remembered, and more than that, we want to be responsible for our own future.

Therefore, I make an appeal to the conscience of every citizen of this city:  
May our criterion not be cheering for a side, but the truth.  
May our focus not be the past, but the future.  
And may our action not be moved by fear or anger, but by hope.

Power without responsibility is noise.  
And noise does not build cities.  
But love for others, commitment to the truth and hope in the future… build legacies.

With respect and hope,

  
**Airton Humber**