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Se o VORCARO é mineiro POR QUE ele FOI pro PT da BAHIA? | Romeu Zema no Pleno News
237 classified statements · 1 politicians · April 1, 2026 · 28 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 237 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Fiscal Reform, Infrastructure and Sanitation, Defense policy, Monetary Policy.
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Romeu Zema
0:00
Good afternoon, Monique.
Romeu Zema
0:01
It's very good to be here with you.
Romeu Zema
0:04
Excellent.
Romeu Zema
0:05
Let's go.
Romeu Zema
0:06
At your disposal.
Desconhecido
0:08
Let's go, Governor.
Desconhecido
0:10
You are the one who now begins a trajectory as a pre-candidate for the Republic and no longer as governor.
Desconhecido
0:17
And I want to start by asking you whether you are leaving the government of Minas Gerais satisfied with your administration.
Romeu Zema
0:26
Monique, yes and no.
Romeu Zema
0:29
And I'll explain why.
Romeu Zema
0:32
About: balance public accounts
Being governor of Minas, which is a state that still faces many financial difficulties and has a gigantic debt, is a great frustration.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence reports financial difficulty and massive debt without proposing a specific new action.
Romeu Zema
0:43
About: increase implementation of public projects in Minas Gerais
I would have liked to have carried out 5,000 projects in Minas; maybe I managed 2,000.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence says they would have liked to have done more projects, expressing a desire to expand projects.
Romeu Zema
0:51
That leaves me frustrated and, in a way, disappointed.
Romeu Zema
0:55
But previous governments managed to do 300.
Romeu Zema
1:01
So when I compare myself with the past, I am satisfied; I am very happy with the advances we had.
Romeu Zema
1:09
But when I compare with what I would really like to have done, I get frustrated.
Romeu Zema
1:14
About: balance public accounts
But I handed over to the new governor now, Matheus Simões, a state with the accounts in order.
Why it was classified this way · 76% confidence claims to have delivered accounts on time, speaking in the first person and defending that action.
Romeu Zema
1:22
and not a state that didn't pay payroll, didn't pay the 13th salary, didn't make transfers to municipalities, that didn't pay suppliers.
Romeu Zema
1:34
Everything up to date.
Romeu Zema
1:37
About: complete ongoing state public works
What was also, Monique, a great graveyard of abandoned, unfinished, vandalized works has been transformed either into completed and already delivered projects, or into works in progress.
Why it was classified this way · 77% confidence claims that abandoned works were turned into completed or ongoing projects.
Romeu Zema
1:53
About: increase investment in public infrastructure
At this moment, Monique, we have in progress in Minas Gerais the largest construction program in history.
Why it was classified this way · 74% confidence declares there is the largest portfolio of public works in the state's history as a government achievement.
Romeu Zema
2:03
About: complete ongoing state public works
The Metropolitan Rodoanel, the expansion of the Belo Horizonte metro, the duplication (road widening) of Belo Horizonte–Ouro Preto, duplication (road widening) of Belo Horizonte–Brumadinho, two bridges over the São Francisco River in the north of the state.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence lists projects under way as a description of initiatives without an explicit request.
Romeu Zema
2:20
All of this and much more with funds already deposited in specific accounts so that these works can be completed.
Romeu Zema
2:31
About: complete ongoing state public works
That is, regardless of election or crisis in Brazil, the people of Minas will have these works delivered in the coming years.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence assures that the works will be delivered regardless of the election, calling for continuity.
Romeu Zema
2:41
About: invest in long-term projects for the development of Minas Gerais
I always say that my government, Monique, was a government that, besides planting beans, rice and soy, which you harvest quickly.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence contrasts quick-return projects with long-term investments, defending them.
Romeu Zema
2:51
We planted much more in Minas: mahogany, eucalyptus and olive trees, which you will continue harvesting in 5, 10, 15 years.
Romeu Zema
3:02
So I leave satisfied, yes.
Romeu Zema
3:04
About: promote economic growth in Minas Gerais
Minas has been growing more than Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 68% confidence states that Minas grew more than Brazil as a descriptive fact.
Romeu Zema
3:08
About: create formal jobs
One billion formal jobs (with signed work cards) created during my administration.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence claims to have created formal jobs during their administration, defending that policy.
Romeu Zema
3:13
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
And today Minas has definitively left behind a vicious cycle and is experiencing a virtuous cycle.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence describes a structural change in the state economy without proposing new action.
Desconhecido
3:24
Governor, part of your frustration comes from self-pressure and self-criticism.
Desconhecido
3:32
Do you demand a lot from yourself?
Desconhecido
3:33
Do you think this is an important characteristic for a political office, especially in the executive?
Romeu Zema
3:40
I'm very demanding of myself.
Romeu Zema
3:40
About: bring the state's accounts up to date
Even what led me into politics, Monique, was this dissatisfaction, this indignation with the PT, which had the worst administration in the history of Minas Gerais.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence criticizes the PT's administration as poor, implying support for responsible management.
Romeu Zema
3:55
About: bring the state's accounts up to date
Former governor Fernando Pimentel ruined our state.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence accuses the former governor of ruining the state, advocating responsible governance as an alternative.
Romeu Zema
4:01
About: ensure timely payroll payments and transfers to municipalities
From 2015 to 2018, he managed to stop... All the projects I inherited, abandoned, vandalized, he managed to delay the payment of everything.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence attributes payment delays to the previous administration; advocates regularizing payments.
Romeu Zema
4:14
About: join the fiscal recovery regime to renegotiate the state's debt
He created a monumental debt, including with the municipalities.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence criticizes the creation of a monumental debt, implying support for fiscal cleanup.
Romeu Zema
4:20
About: manage the state responsibly to avoid municipal collapse
Remember, Monique, that here in Minas during the PT era we had mayors who resigned, who fell ill and even who committed suicide.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence reports serious consequences of mismanagement in municipalities as a descriptive fact.
Romeu Zema
4:30
How do you manage a city without receiving what the city is entitled to, which are the ICMS, the IPVA, the funds for education and health?
Romeu Zema
4:41
About: settle debts and pay bills left by previous administrations
And today all of that is up to date and I even paid what he withheld.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence claims to have paid debts left by their predecessor, defending that action.
Romeu Zema
4:48
So I consider myself someone driven by this indignation.
Romeu Zema
4:53
Politics, Monique, it only costs me.
Romeu Zema
4:56
It costs me time away from my family.
Romeu Zema
4:59
time away from my city, since I'm from the interior of Minas, and also dedication.
Romeu Zema
5:05
About: combat corruption and hold those involved accountable
But I am satisfied, because I am showing, I already showed here in Minas, Monique, that it is possible to run a government without corruption, a government without scandal; you just have to do what isn't done in Brazil: send those who are irresponsible to jail.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence advocates a government without corruption and sending those who are irresponsible to jail.
Romeu Zema
5:26
About: do not tolerate corruption in the state public administration
In my government I don't have criminals.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims that in his government there are no 'bandido', asserting a zero-tolerance stance.
Romeu Zema
5:28
About: dismiss and not support staff who commit irregularities
I made it very clear on the first day: if you did something wrong, don't count on me anymore.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence warns that anyone who does wrong will no longer have his support, proposing removal.
Romeu Zema
5:35
About: combat privileges and impunity in public administration
And what we are seeing in Brasília today is this free-for-all of the untouchables who consider themselves above the law.
Why it was classified this way · 87% confidence criticizes 'farra dos intocáveis' in Brasília and calls for accountability.
Romeu Zema
5:43
Brazil's problem is exactly the same as what we had here in Minas.
Romeu Zema
5:48
About: reduce government spending
A reckless spending spree that makes Brazilians increasingly squeezed.
Why it was classified this way · 84% confidence denounces reckless spending and says it squeezes the people, advocating fiscal restraint.
Romeu Zema
5:55
About: increase transparency and end the distribution of privileges
We are seeing Brazilians with the highest delinquency in history, Brazilians unable to realize their dreams, because we have a government that spends nonstop, that distributes privileges.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes a government that spends and distributes privileges, calling for change and transparency.
Romeu Zema
6:10
About: carry out responsible and transparent public management
And here in Minas we carried out this responsible management, so much so that I was re-elected in the first round in 2022.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence uses reelection as evidence of responsible governance promoted by his administration.
Desconhecido
6:21
Governor, there's a question here, a comment contribution, still about Minas Gerais, a complaint about public security.
Desconhecido
6:30
Public security is waiting for the increase.
Desconhecido
6:32
I don't know what she means, whether it's an increase in personnel or a salary increase.
Romeu Zema
6:39
About: increase public security in Minas Gerais
Well, both cases are happening, Monique.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence responds that both personnel increases and pay raises are occurring; a report.
Romeu Zema
6:46
About: increase public security in Minas Gerais
We are delivering... For the Public Security of Minas Gerais, an increase in personnel.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence states they are delivering an increase in personnel and training more than 10,000.
Romeu Zema
6:54
About: increase public security in Minas Gerais
In the last four years, more than 10,000 men were trained, qualified and are already active today, operating.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reports over 10,000 professionals trained and already active, defending the measure.
Romeu Zema
7:07
This process continues.
Romeu Zema
7:10
About: grant salary increases to public security personnel
Governor Matheus Simões has just granted a 5.4% raise.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that the new governor granted a 5.4% raise; factual report.
Romeu Zema
7:18
About: value public security forces, including their pay
with the Legislative Assembly, I followed it this week, this is very recent, retroactive to January 1, and last year, Monique, we implemented, still during my administration, a meal allowance in the amount of R$ 75.00 per day, which means that those who work at the base... had an increase of over 30% in their earnings with this allowance.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims to have implemented a food allowance that increased the category's pay.
Romeu Zema
7:53
About: prioritize and strengthen public safety policies to retake territory
So public security in Minas has been given attention.
Why it was classified this way · 74% confidence says security has been emphasized and prioritized under his administration.
Romeu Zema
7:57
About: ensure frequent pay adjustments for public security personnel
In fact, it was the category that had the largest pay raise during my seven years and three months of administration.
Why it was classified this way · 76% confidence says the category received the largest pay increase during his administration, arguing for continuity.
Desconhecido
8:07
Perfect, Governor.
Desconhecido
8:08
And since we've already talked about public security, last year in particular public security seemed like it would be the theme that would set the tone for the 2026 elections, and it is an Achilles' heel of left-wing governments, public security.
Desconhecido
8:23
But this year... at the end of last year and more recently, the Banco Master case has been stealing the scene, bringing the theme of corruption back to the fore, which may be stronger than public security perhaps in these elections.
Desconhecido
8:38
As a pre-candidate, how do you position yourself on the Banco Master case?
Romeu Zema
8:45
About: investigate and hold accountable those involved in the Banco Master scandal
Monique, if anyone follows the news of the last 30 days, they will notice... that I was the politician in Brazil who spoke out the loudest about the Master case.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence claims to have been the politician who most denounced and demanded investigation of the case.
Romeu Zema
9:02
My colleagues from Partido Novo and I.
Romeu Zema
9:05
About: file impeachment requests against authorities involved in irregularities
Remember that we have the federal deputies there in Brasília; we even went there to request the impeachment of Dias Toffoli, we went there to request the impeachment of the president of the Congress.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says he went to Brasília to request the impeachment of authorities linked to the inquiries.
Romeu Zema
9:20
About: mobilize parties and parliamentarians to investigate Banco Master
who is shelving the inquiries, the investigations, the impeachment process; no other party and no other politician has mobilized more than I have.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence says no other party mobilized as much as Novo in this investigation.
Romeu Zema
9:33
And I attribute this, Patrícia, it's a very simple fact: I'm not beholden to anyone.
Romeu Zema
9:39
My colleagues from Partido Novo and I have been doing our homework.
Romeu Zema
9:45
And it seems to me that many people are involved; so many people are silent, not saying anything.
Romeu Zema
9:52
About: investigate and hold accountable those involved in the Banco Master scandal
It even seems that the President of the Republic himself does not want the investigations to advance.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence claims investigations are being obstructed and urges they be allowed to proceed.
Romeu Zema
10:02
About: investigate and hold accountable those involved in the Banco Master scandal
It seems that Banco Master was born with operations there in Bahia, and that is very worrying.
Why it was classified this way · 84% confidence says the bank began operations in Bahia and this is worrying, calling for investigation.
Romeu Zema
10:09
About: investigate and punish multibillion-dollar corruption
We cannot fail to investigate what may well be... the biggest corruption scandal in Brazil's history, in terms of its tentacles, involving all three branches of government, starting with the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal).
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence labels the case as possibly a major scandal and calls for a thorough investigation.
Romeu Zema
10:24
It's an outrageous thing.
Romeu Zema
10:26
About: investigate alleged irregularities and contracts involving STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) ministers
Ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) involved, using their office for personal benefits, or rather, for personal enrichment.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence accuses STF ministers of using their positions for personal benefit and calls for an investigation.
Romeu Zema
10:39
That's a slap in the face of the Brazilian who gets up at dawn, works all day to earn little and can't close the accounts at the end of the month.
Romeu Zema
10:51
Today in Brazil we have a rich government and a poor people.
Romeu Zema
10:57
About: combat privileges and impunity in public administration
We have to put an end to these parties of the untouchables that have lasted in Brazil since the start of the PT government.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Declares the need to end the 'farras dos intocáveis' since the start of PT.
Romeu Zema
11:07
Let's refresh the memory here, Monique.
Romeu Zema
11:10
We've already had Petrolão, Mensalão, Lava Jato, Suitcase of Money, Impeachment and now the new versions.
Romeu Zema
11:19
Discounts affecting elderly INSS beneficiaries and also Banco Master.
Romeu Zema
11:25
Here in Brazil it's not that money is lacking.
Romeu Zema
11:28
The problem here is that there are too many thieves.
Desconhecido
11:32
And, Governor, you were— you commented on the impeachment request; you, together with Partido Novo, were in Brasília when you were still governor this month, and you filed the impeachment request.
Desconhecido
11:45
Do you see this impeachment request as having any practical effect, or is it a matter of taking a stand, given that you are now a pre-candidate?
Desconhecido
11:54
Because Davi Alcolumbre gives no sign that he will put any impeachment request on the agenda.
Romeu Zema
12:00
About: initiate and pursue impeachment processes against STF ministers
Monique, I would say it's both things.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Says it's necessary to take a stand and also seek practical effect through impeachment.
Romeu Zema
12:04
We need to take a stand and we also want to see practical effect.
Romeu Zema
12:11
Here in Minas, Monique, when I took office in 2018 I had never been a politician before, nobody believed it, many people even thought it would lead to nothing, that I would face an impeachment process, like many politicians.
Romeu Zema
12:30
new at that time, other governors suffered.
Romeu Zema
12:34
And I showed over time that yes, Monique, it is possible to make change.
Romeu Zema
12:42
And we did.
Romeu Zema
12:43
About: combat corruption and recover diverted funds
In Minas Gerais, seven years and three months without corruption, without scandal, with competent people.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Claims seven years without corruption in Minas as the standard of his administration.
Romeu Zema
12:52
I say that you don't need to be any great genius.
Romeu Zema
12:56
You just mustn't let the fox into the henhouse, and you'll already make a tremendous difference.
Romeu Zema
13:04
About: guarantee investigation and accountability of authorities without exception
And I wouldn't sleep peacefully, Monique, if I hadn't done what I did there in Brasília two weeks ago.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence States they will take the fight to the last consequences — explicit commitment.
Romeu Zema
13:13
My colleagues from Partido Novo and I will take this fight to the last consequences.
Romeu Zema
13:21
We do everything correctly, we pay taxes, Brazilians pay, and these people are taking a tax that everyone pays — people work hard and they want to put it in their pocket, or their wife's, or their brother's, or someone in their family, without working, without grinding.
Romeu Zema
13:40
So, this cannot happen.
Romeu Zema
13:44
We will continue the fight.
Romeu Zema
13:45
For me it doesn't matter whether it's producing results or not.
Romeu Zema
13:48
What matters to me is being in the fight; one day we will change this country.
Romeu Zema
13:52
Because I have already proven that I changed Minas Gerais.
Romeu Zema
13:55
Look for corruption and scandal in Minas and you won't find it.
Desconhecido
14:01
Governor, you answer— there is a question you have repeatedly answered in all interviews; I will insist on it, but a bit further: about the possibility of you becoming a vice on a ticket.
Desconhecido
14:13
But do you really rule out that possibility, and beyond that, has there already been an invitation, a formal conversation, or is everything still in the realm of speculation and statements?
Desconhecido
14:24
Valdemar Costa Neto, president of the PL, has already spoken publicly about you, praised you, saying you would be a good name.
Desconhecido
14:32
How is that matter for you?
Romeu Zema
14:37
Monique, first I'm honored, flattered.
Romeu Zema
14:41
I see these invitations as, in a way, recognition of a serious, competent administration that we carried out leading Minas Gerais.
Romeu Zema
14:55
About: conduct the pre-campaign and presidential campaign to the end
But I have always emphasized, Monique, that I will carry my pre-campaign and campaign through to the end.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Declares he will carry the pre-campaign and campaign to the end, rejecting shortcuts.
Romeu Zema
15:03
I come from the private sector, I worked hard my whole life, more than 30 years.
Romeu Zema
15:10
I opened stores in more than 470 cities, I drove more than 2 million kilometers.
Romeu Zema
15:19
And I want to show that it is possible, yes, Monique, to do politics differently.
Romeu Zema
15:25
I don't have a relative employed by the state of Minas.
Romeu Zema
15:29
no relative of mine benefited from my office, and I'm proud to say that Minas today has one of the most dynamic economies in Brazil, because here those who work, those who are good are valued, and those who are bad, who are criminals, do not do well here in Minas — so much so that crime is always falling in Minas Gerais, without land invasions.
Romeu Zema
15:55
And I want to show Brazil that what the PT spoils and destroys can be fixed.
Romeu Zema
16:02
That's what I did here in Minas: I took over a state ruined by pimentel of the PT and this past Sunday I handed over a state with the accounts in order, which right now has the largest construction site in progress in its history.
Romeu Zema
16:19
And, since I'm not a politician, I also want changes.
Romeu Zema
16:23
About: investigate and hold accountable those involved in the Banco Master scandal
I want the investigation into Banco Master; any politician who is not in favor, who is not saying they are in favor of the investigation,
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence States he wants the Banco Master investigation and that Novo denounces the crime.
Romeu Zema
16:31
surely has something to lose from that investigation.
Romeu Zema
16:35
Me and the people from Novo do not.
Romeu Zema
16:38
We are the party that most has been denouncing this aberration, this crime that was committed against Brazil.
Romeu Zema
16:47
So we need this kind of stance.
Romeu Zema
16:50
Now there are people, from the left, from the center, and from the right, who do not speak out.
Romeu Zema
16:57
That's wrong.
Romeu Zema
16:58
About: investigate and hold accountable those involved in the Banco Master scandal
Who is in favor of Brazil?
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Says those who are for Brazil support the investigation, advocating inquiry.
Romeu Zema
17:00
is in favor of investigating and of the inquiry.
Romeu Zema
17:03
And I will continue.
Romeu Zema
17:05
And you in the media have had a very relevant role.
Romeu Zema
17:09
All of this has been investigated and has moved forward mainly because of your work.
Desconhecido
17:17
And, Governor, people are saying here in the comments that... You and Flávio Bolsonaro would make a perfect union; he is also a pre-candidate for the presidency.
Desconhecido
17:27
You emphasize a lot that you are a different kind of politician.
Desconhecido
17:31
For the right-wing voter, what differentiates you from Flávio Bolsonaro?
Romeu Zema
17:38
Monique, I think many people know: in August last year, before launching my pre-candidacy, I went to talk with President Bolsonaro.
Romeu Zema
17:51
I went to inform him; he was the first person outside the party to learn of my pre-candidacy.
Romeu Zema
18:00
And at that moment, Monique, he told me, 'Zema, go — the more candidates the right has, the stronger it will become.'
Romeu Zema
18:11
And that makes complete sense.
Romeu Zema
18:13
I will receive a good vote in Minas Gerais.
Romeu Zema
18:16
Well-rated governors in their respective states who become candidates will as well, and all those votes will be transferred to a second round.
Romeu Zema
18:29
About: support anti-PT candidates in second rounds
And we will be together, yes, in the second round.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Ensures that the right will be united in the second round to defeat the PT.
Romeu Zema
18:34
The right is not disunited; it is walking side by side.
Romeu Zema
18:38
Those who say the right is not united are mistaken.
Romeu Zema
18:43
We will be together in the second round and we will defeat the PT.
Desconhecido
18:49
So, in a possible second round, as the polls indicate, between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro, do you support Flávio Bolsonaro?
Romeu Zema
18:56
About: support an anti-PT candidate in the second round
I will be supporting whoever is against the PT, Monique.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Explicitly answers that he will support whoever is against the PT.
Romeu Zema
19:01
I'll be there, as I was in 2022.
Romeu Zema
19:04
In 2022... I was re-elected in the first round and, as soon as I was re-elected, I got involved in the second-round campaign, giving full support to President Bolsonaro, who was the anti-PT candidate at the time.
Desconhecido
19:21
And former President Jair Bolsonaro, you mentioned now the conversation you had in the past; he therefore concurs with your view that the right should not be pulverized, and that it is good to have several candidates — many people still turn up their noses at that; many of our voters, many of our readers, believe it would be better to unify around a single right-wing person, but you already have that view and Jair Bolsonaro also agrees with you.
Romeu Zema
19:45
Exactly.
Romeu Zema
19:46
About: keep multiple right-wing candidates in the first phase and unite in the second round
And it also makes sense, Monique, for another reason.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Advocates keeping several right-wing candidates in the first round and uniting later.
Romeu Zema
19:50
If the right has only one candidate, it's very easy for the PT government to concentrate its machine on just one candidate.
Romeu Zema
20:01
When you have only one adversary, you focus only on him.
Romeu Zema
20:05
When you have two or three, it becomes more difficult.
Romeu Zema
20:09
So there is that additional side as well,
Romeu Zema
20:12
which, in my opinion, justifies us having two, three, four candidates on the right.
Romeu Zema
20:18
But, in the second round, yes, we will be together.
Desconhecido
20:23
And, Governor, still about this union of the right, this number of right-wing candidates stemming from that principle of your thinking... What do you think about that turnaround at the PSD, with Ratinho Júnior — he was among the three from PSD, he was pointed to be Kassab's preferred choice, and now he's out of the picture?
Desconhecido
20:44
It's one less relatively relevant candidate on the right.
Romeu Zema
20:50
I've always gotten along well with Ratinho Júnior, with Caiado, with Eduardo Leite, with Tarcísio.
Romeu Zema
21:00
especially with the governors from the South and the Southeast, with whom I used to meet at least three or four times a year throughout this period.
Romeu Zema
21:11
There is our recent photo in São Paulo that proves that.
Romeu Zema
21:16
I regret his departure; he would be an excellent candidate.
Romeu Zema
21:21
And I'm sure the PSD still has Caiado, has Eduardo Leite as options, who are also well-rated governors, and the PSD will not be left without a good option to participate in the pre-campaign and campaign.
Romeu Zema
21:41
But it's Ratinho's choice; I know it involves personal, family issues, and we have to respect it.
Desconhecido
21:49
Now, in your state, Minas Gerais, there was an arrangement between Partido Novo and the PSD: your vice, Matheus Simões, he migrated from Novo to PSD to be the candidate, and Novo will appoint a vice for the government of Minas.
Desconhecido
22:05
I wanted to ask about Paraná — we just spoke about Ratinho Júnior, these arrangements, these alliances.
Desconhecido
22:11
In Paraná, as a pre-candidate and future candidate for the presidency, is your platform in Paraná with Sérgio Moro or with Ratinho's candidate?
Romeu Zema
22:20
Oh Monique, these arrangements are being stitched together and we have to remember that, many times, for those who are a little distant from politics, it's even hard to understand.
Romeu Zema
22:33
In Minas Gerais, Novo is moving forward with PSD.
Romeu Zema
22:38
Mateus Simões as a pre-candidate for state governor and Novo will appoint the deputy governor.
Romeu Zema
22:46
In Santa Catarina... We have a slightly different situation.
Romeu Zema
22:51
Our mayor of Joinville, very well rated, Adriano, will be a candidate for vice-governor for Novo with the now-governor Jorginho, who has already said he will seek re-election and is from PL.
Romeu Zema
23:08
So, in Santa Catarina, PL and Novo.
Romeu Zema
23:11
And that is very common in politics.
Romeu Zema
23:14
What I know so far is that in Paraná the Partido Novo should be moving with the PL.
Romeu Zema
23:24
So it's a situation similar to that of Santa Catarina, but this is something normal in politics.
Romeu Zema
23:31
Sometimes someone who is on your volleyball team will be your opponent in basketball, something like that.
Romeu Zema
23:39
So it's something I take naturally.
Romeu Zema
23:42
About: promote integrity and accountability in the public sector
But Novo firmly maintains its proposals.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence States that Novo firmly maintains its proposals for ethics and fighting wrongdoing.
Romeu Zema
23:46
Ethics in politics, doing the right thing and always fighting the wrong.
Desconhecido
23:53
And in case of a possible right-wing government next year up at the Planalto that is not yours?
Desconhecido
23:58
Would you consider participation in the ministry, for example?
Romeu Zema
24:05
About: accept an invitation to join the federal government if it is to contribute
I want, Monique, to participate to improve Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Says he is available to work in government if he can contribute, accepting the invitation.
Romeu Zema
24:10
I have never had any problem.
Romeu Zema
24:13
personal power project.
Romeu Zema
24:16
I was elected governor in Minas, Monique, much more out of nonconformity and indignation with what PT did here in Minas than aspiring to any project.
Romeu Zema
24:27
Those who know me, I'm already 61 years old, know that I never got involved in politics until I became governor of Minas.
Romeu Zema
24:35
I made my entire career in the private sector and I want to contribute to Brazil.
Romeu Zema
24:42
either as president, or if called, in some role where I see that I can have a performance that will add value.
Romeu Zema
24:51
If it's to add... You can count on me, I'm totally available.
Romeu Zema
24:56
I want to show, as I have already shown in Minas, that it is possible to do politics without corruption, without scandal, without distributing privilege, which is the great problem in Brazil today, this spree of those who consider themselves untouchable.
Romeu Zema
25:13
Brazil has resources, has money; there are more than enough thieves here.
Romeu Zema
25:19
So I want to be helping in that good fight.
Desconhecido
25:22
Governor, I'll let you go now, I'm being told here that I need to let you go, but I wanted to do something different.
Desconhecido
25:28
Quickly, before we finish, it's a quick lightning round with you, so lightning round.
Desconhecido
25:33
They are quick answers, okay?
Desconhecido
25:35
Before we close.
Desconhecido
25:37
A habit that nobody would imagine you have?
Romeu Zema
25:42
Every now and then I play pool, I have a table at my house, a boyish thing that comes because my father had one too, few people know.
Desconhecido
25:51
A book that influenced you?
Desconhecido
25:53
What do you like a lot?
Romeu Zema
25:56
Wow, there are so many, it's hard to name just one.
Romeu Zema
25:59
I've read about 300, 400, but always in the business line I'll mention Sam Walton, who is the founder of Walmart.
Desconhecido
26:10
What does Minas Gerais represent to you in one word?
Romeu Zema
26:15
It was the state that welcomed my family, who came from Italy, and where we achieved everything, and a state to which I am very grateful, and I wanted to be governor even to show that gratitude.
Desconhecido
26:30
And Brazil?
Desconhecido
26:31
What does it represent to you, in one word?
Desconhecido
26:34
If possible, one word.
Romeu Zema
26:36
Yeah, even more.
Romeu Zema
26:37
It was the country that welcomed my great-grandfather, his brothers, where we came to find a better life, we came to Brazil to replace slave labor and we showed that by working without depending on...
Desconhecido
26:53
And I think we've lost the governor.
Desconhecido
27:00
We were here in the middle of our lightning round with former governor Romeu Zema.
Desconhecido
27:08
Ah, he's back, he's back.
Desconhecido
27:10
He's back so we can finish.
Desconhecido
27:14
A dream you still want to accomplish?
Desconhecido
27:16
To close.
Romeu Zema
27:19
About: change the economic equation to reduce poverty and privileges
Oh Monique, what I want is to see Brazil succeed.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Declares the country has a wealthy government and a poor people and that this must change.
Romeu Zema
27:22
regardless of who comes to be president.
Romeu Zema
27:25
I really want to contribute, as I said, I don't have a personal power project and I have a lot of hope in this country.
Romeu Zema
27:33
It's a country that deserves it.
Romeu Zema
27:34
Today we have a rich government and a poor people.
Romeu Zema
27:37
We have to change the equation.
Romeu Zema
27:39
Here in Minas, today, the government serves the people of Minas and the people of Minas are not subjugated to the government, as is happening in Brasília today.
Desconhecido
27:52
Perfect, governor.
Desconhecido
27:53
Thank you very much for taking some time to talk with us.
Desconhecido
27:56
And good luck on your journey, in your endeavor.
Desconhecido
27:59
See you next time.
Romeu Zema
28:00
See you next time, Monique.
Romeu Zema
28:01
It was a pleasure.
Romeu Zema
28:02
All the best.
Romeu Zema
28:03
Good afternoon.
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