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BOLSA FAMÍLIA vai pra quem MERECE! | Romeu Zema na Bandeirantes
22 classified statements · 1 politicians · April 2, 2026 · 22 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 22 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Public Management, Presidential Elections, Political Renewal, Judiciary / Anti-Corruption.
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Romeu Zema
0:25
About: bring the state's accounts up to date
We were the ones who took over a state ruined by the PT.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says he took over a ruined state and defends financial recovery as his achievement.
Romeu Zema
0:29
About: bring the state's accounts up to date
And I handed over a well-organized State, with the accounts up to date, to my successor.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims to have delivered accounts on time to his successor (defense of his own model).
Romeu Zema
0:36
About: conduct the pre-campaign and campaign until the end
First, Thaís, there was no formal invitation, and there probably won't be one, because I have always stressed that I will take my pre-campaign and campaign through to the end.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence explicitly declares that he will carry his pre-campaign and campaign through to the end.
Romeu Zema
1:52
About: promote political renewal and alternation of leadership
and for me the time has come for Brazil to have this turnaround, for someone to oxygenate this system that in my opinion is more than bankrupt.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence calls for an upheaval and 'oxigenação' of the Brazilian political system.
Romeu Zema
4:10
About: combat corruption and practices of political clientelism
In these almost seven and a half years that I led Minas Gerais, we had no corruption, we had no scandal.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims there was no corruption during his administration, defending that model.
Romeu Zema
5:36
About: fight privileges and corruption in Brasília
Everyone outraged with this spree of the untouchables who are there in Brasília.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence criticizes the 'farra dos intocáveis' in Brasília and calls for change.
Romeu Zema
6:04
About: prevent nepotism and favoritism in public contracts
I have no relative in the State government, no relative of mine supplies, had any contract benefiting from my position, so it is possible, yes.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence denies having benefited relatives and presents this as proof of ethics.
Romeu Zema
7:21
About: guarantee security of rural property and prevent invasions
Here in Minas, Sônia, during my administration, we did not have any land invasions.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence reports that attempts were stopped and advocates early prevention.
Romeu Zema
7:44
About: ensure public peace and safety
The public security indicators of Minas Gerais are among the best in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims Minas's indicators are among the best, defending its model.
Romeu Zema
8:41
About: automatically arrest anyone who has committed three offenses
I took proposals to Minister Lewandowski in March 2024 that those who committed three offenses would already be detained.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says he proposed detention after three offenses.
Romeu Zema
8:53
About: automatically arrest anyone who breaks an electronic ankle monitor
A proposal that breaking an electronic ankle bracelet would carry an automatic arrest warrant.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence proposes automatic jail terms for those who tamper with or remove an ankle monitor.
Romeu Zema
9:19
About: toughen criminal law
They are mopping up with... all this permissive legislation that we have.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence criticizes permissive legislation and praises police, advocating for tougher measures.
Romeu Zema
9:43
About: create the crime of treason with an aggravating factor for diversion of public funds
And regarding corruption, I would create a crime of treason against the homeland.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence proposes creating an offense and an aggravating factor for diverting resources from health and education.
Romeu Zema
11:26
About: promote integrity and accountability in the public sector
So, by changing several... various mechanisms that we have in Brazil, you can greatly inhibit corruption and criminality.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence argues for rewarding those who do right and punishing those who do wrong.
Romeu Zema
12:53
About: maintain the Bolsa Família amount
First, Bolsa Família is a very important program.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence says Bolsa Família is very important and that he would improve it.
Romeu Zema
13:34
About: require conditions and training for Bolsa Família beneficiaries
Now, for some lazy guy of... 20, 25 years old, who stays in a WhatsApp group all day, playing video games, for that one I will require that he attend qualification courses or that he perform some community service for the city hall where he lives; it could be at the daycare, it could be in a nursing home.
Why it was classified this way · 95% confidence proposes requiring beneficiaries to take qualification courses or perform community service.
Romeu Zema
14:17
About: encourage formal employment with bonuses for formal contracts
I would also implement a bonus for whoever managed to get their work card signed.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence proposes extra rewards for those who obtain a signed work card.
Romeu Zema
14:37
About: reform Bolsa Família to make it temporary and tied to productive insertion
We want those who are receiving Bolsa Família today to see Bolsa Família as something temporary and not as help ad infinitum.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says he wants the Bolsa to be temporary and to encourage entry into the labor market.
Romeu Zema
17:25
About: unite different right-wing candidacies against PT and STF
And in the second round I will be against the PT.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says that in the second round he will be against the PT and that the right will be united.
Romeu Zema
18:56
About: carry out administrative reform in municipalities
We need an administrative reform in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence explicitly declares that Brazil needs administrative reform.
Romeu Zema
19:06
About: reduce political appointments to public posts
I gave up the palace with 32 employees, I went to live in a house that I pay rent for, I pay my housekeeper.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence mentions dismissing palace employees as a personal example of austerity.
Romeu Zema
20:29
About: reduce privileges and high salaries in the public service
Brazilians are fed up with paying these taxes to carry.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes public sector privileges and advocates structural change.
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