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O PRIMEIRO GOVERNADOR NA HISTÓRIA A PEDIR IMPEACHMENT DE MINISTRO DO STF
33 classified statements · 1 politicians · March 16, 2026 · 28 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 33 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Institutional Politics, Legal Certainty, Political Activism, Judiciary / Anti-Corruption.
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Romeu Zema
0:03
About: proceed with impeachment requests against ministers
The first governor in history ever to request an impeachment.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence explicitly declares that they will request the impeachment of a minister.
Romeu Zema
0:07
About: enforce the laws and the Constitution
We have a small group that considers itself untouchable, that thinks it can do anything and remain immune.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence criticizes the 'grupo intocável' and advocates equal accountability.
Romeu Zema
0:19
About: require the President of the Republic to take a position on allegations against STF ministers
And anyone who stays silent, in my opinion, is because they agree.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence says that those who remain silent agree, calling for a public stance.
Romeu Zema
0:39
About: proceed with impeachment requests against ministers
We are going to file here in Brasília the request for removal — the impeachment — of Minister Alexandre de Moraes.
Why it was classified this way · 95% confidence announces the formal filing of a removal/impeachment request explicitly.
Romeu Zema
0:57
About: participate in politics and demand accountability from elected officials
And we from Minas Gerais will not remain silent about this shamelessness that is happening.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence says that people from Minas won't stay silent in the face of the 'falta de vergonha'.
Romeu Zema
1:15
About: proceed with impeachment requests against ministers
Two former presidents have already been removed from office, one of them even arrested.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that two former presidents were removed — descriptive fact.
Romeu Zema
1:21
About: combat impunity and conflicts of interest in the judiciary
And it seems that at the Supreme Court it's as if a person had a certificate of being perfect, untouchable.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states that a magistrate is being 'comprado' and asks for an investigation.
Romeu Zema
1:31
About: combat impunity and conflicts of interest in the judiciary
And what we are seeing I think is the biggest scandal in Brazil's history.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence calls the case the 'maior escândalo' and demands accountability.
Romeu Zema
1:36
About: combat impunity and conflicts of interest in the judiciary
This one involving a judge of the Supreme Court, which is the body that should be a reference, that should inspire credibility, is being bought, and worse, bought by a man who appears to be engaged in criminal activity.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence alleges the purchase of an STF judge and ties it to crime.
Romeu Zema
2:03
About: investigate and punish illicit enrichment of public servants
A minister who is occupying his position there, it's very clear, is not there to provide public service, service to the people, but to get rich.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says that a minister holds office to 'enriquecer', calling for an investigation.
Romeu Zema
2:14
About: publish the spending of ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal)
A contract that no law firm can get, 3,600,000 per month, he got it for his wife.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence cites a contract of '3 milhões e 600 mil' benefiting his wife.
Romeu Zema
2:33
About: participate in politics and demand accountability from elected officials
This looks very bad for Brazil and we will not remain silent, no.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says 'não vamos ficar calados', calling for public action.
Romeu Zema
2:46
About: investigate and punish errors by public servants
And when they err, they must pay for the mistake.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says that when they err, they must pay for the mistake.
Romeu Zema
2:49
About: enforce the laws and the Constitution
And here in Brazil, some untouchables seem to consider themselves above the law.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence criticizes 'intocáveis' who consider themselves above the law, calling for equality.
Romeu Zema
6:25
About: promote integrity and accountability in the public sector
Very complacent, it's a complacency that borders on suspicion, like Adriana said.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence criticizes complacency and negligence, calling for an ethical stance.
Romeu Zema
7:13
About: require the President of the Senate to advance requests for investigation and impeachment
The atmosphere in the Senate is the following: sessions are being emptied because everyone is, what do you call it there in Minas Gerais?
Why it was classified this way · 84% confidence describes a 'desvaziamento de sessão' and criticizes the Senate's lack of action.
Romeu Zema
7:36
About: proceed with impeachment requests against ministers
Several requests for impeachment, for CPI, for CPMI, in this case regarding Mastro.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence cites 'vários pedidos de impeachment' and complains about lack of progress.
Romeu Zema
9:08
About: proceed with impeachment requests against ministers
more as an indignant Brazilian than as governor of Minas Gerais.
Why it was classified this way · 89% confidence says it's past time for ministers to face impeachment, advocating action.
Romeu Zema
9:15
About: promote accountability of authorities for serious acts
And if we have already had two Presidents of the Republic removed who underwent impeachment, in my opinion, the time has long passed, given the facts we have witnessed in recent days, for the same to happen to ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal).
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence links the impeachment of ministers to the 'bem do Brasil' and the institutions.
Romeu Zema
10:41
About: make transparency a government priority
But thank goodness we here at Partido Novo are here, we are not beholden to anyone.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence says Partido Novo has no 'rabo preso' and values transparency.
Romeu Zema
12:07
About: combat corruption and hold those involved accountable
And what motivated me to run in 2018 was the theft and incompetence of the PT that destroyed Minas Gerais.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence attributes entering politics to indignation with PT's 'robalheira'.
Romeu Zema
13:07
About: make transparency a government priority
So, I am governor to show, and this is the DNA of Partido Novo, that it is possible for us to have a different kind of politics in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 87% confidence states the goal is to show it's possible to do politics differently and transparently.
Romeu Zema
14:14
About: make transparency a government priority
Well, first I must make it very clear that our movement has nothing to do with... an election, it is a movement for ethics, for transparency, for citizenship, exactly.
Why it was classified this way · 84% confidence defines the movement as being for ethics and transparency.
Romeu Zema
14:39
About: maintain pre-candidacy until final decision
I will carry my pre-campaign and campaign through to the end.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence declares they will carry the pre-campaign and campaign through to the end.
Romeu Zema
16:10
About: make transparency a government priority
to put an end to the number of black boxes that we have here in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence calls to end 'caixas pretas' and make government actions public.
Romeu Zema
16:22
About: publish the spending of ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal)
Why here will ministers have their expenses?
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence questions why ministers' expenses would only be accessible in 100 years.
Romeu Zema
16:53
About: combat impunity and conflicts of interest in the judiciary
I will answer part of the... I would say that both Alexandre de Moraes and Dias Toffoli are involved in the same problem.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says Alexandre de Moraes and Toffoli 'cometeram atos criminosos', calling for an investigation.
Romeu Zema
17:51
About: restrict STF's role to strictly constitutional matters and implement internal reforms (including a code of ethics)
And I was, in fact, summoned last week, intimidated by Minister Gilmar Mendes, because in the past the court judged issues from Minas Gerais in the most republican and transparent way.
Why it was classified this way · 84% confidence reports intimidation and says the Judiciary's mindset needs to change.
Romeu Zema
18:44
About: restrict STF's role to strictly constitutional matters and implement internal reforms (including a code of ethics)
We need to change and Partido Novo will act in that direction.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence states that Partido Novo will act to change the judiciary and hold people accountable.
Romeu Zema
22:07
About: combat corruption
Brazilians are tired of having, over the past decades, tax increases to enable this spree of the untouchables to continue and remain as it has been.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence links tax hikes to maintaining the 'farra dos intocáveis'.
Romeu Zema
22:29
About: maintain pre-candidacy until final decision
And regarding my pre-candidacy, I will carry it through to the end.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence repeats that he will take it to the end and that he has different proposals.
Romeu Zema
24:49
About: take investigations to their conclusion
Remember that this investigation has so far probably examined 1, 2, 3% of the material.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that only 1–3% of the material has been investigated — descriptive comment.
Romeu Zema
25:19
About: proceed with impeachment requests against ministers
that there will be a major renewal, that the Senate will take on the leading role for which it was created, which is to remove, to impeach ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) who never properly fulfilled their function, who are there to make contracts of a personal nature.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence asks the Senate to take the lead in impeaching ministers.
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