Maceió (Alagoas), 15 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - Minister of National Integration, Luciano Barbosa, says that the federal govenment is not going to halt priority public works which have funding guaranteed. "President Cardoso does not want to abandon public works which are in an important phase," said the minister.

Barbosa explained that the order is to continue with works that are important even if they will only be concluded by the next administration. "It is necessary to make a distinction between something that has been abandoned and something that is not finished," he said. "Some public works projects are programmed to be terminated only after two or even three administrations." (AB)