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48 classified statements · 1 politicians · April 1, 2026 · 28 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 48 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Fiscal Reform, Infrastructure and Sanitation, Defense policy, Monetary Policy.
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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
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
1:37
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
2:31
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
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.
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
4:41
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
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
5:28
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
5:48
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.
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
7:10
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.
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
9:05
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
9:52
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
10:26
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
10:57
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
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
12:43
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
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
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
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
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
18:56
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
19:46
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
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
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
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.
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