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What Romeu Zema said about combat corruption and privileges that benefit elites

Romeu Zema

Romeu Zema

May 1, 2026

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Romeu Zema: Management books say that a manager's mission is only accomplished when he leaves and the business continues to run as well as or even better than with his presence.

Romeu Zema: And the business is there today, generating over 5,000 direct jobs, not counting indirect ones, and it so happened that the Novo Party emerged and I was invited.

And I ended up, out of indignation and outrage, entering politics because of the petrolão, the mensalão, Lava Jato, that thieving, corruption and the recession of 2015 and 2016.

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Romeu Zema: And...

Romeu Zema: Against all odds and everyone, I was elected governor of Minas in 2018 and I have just finished this cycle.

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justifies entering politics by citing petrolão, mensalão and lava-jato.

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