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77 classified statements · 1 politicians · May 8, 2026 · 45 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 77 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Presidential Elections, Parties and Elections, Amnesty, Judiciary.
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Romeu Zema
1:18
About: run for elective office
For you to have an idea, he tried his re-election in 2018, when I ran for the first time, he had 15% of the votes.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Reports Pimentel's electoral performance without proposing action.
Romeu Zema
1:41
About: field party-affiliated cadres as candidates
In 2022, the PT of Minas did not field a candidate for governor and will not field one this year, because having a candidate with the PT brand in Minas is like launching... I don't know, a product that nobody wants to buy.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence States that the PT will not field a candidate; report about party strategy.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
2:32
About: grant amnesty to political prisoners
Anyway, our subject here was amnesty, the dosimetry should be voted by the end of the month, and yesterday you were asked, Zema, Caiado and Aldo Rebelo, about this matter.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Reports that there are previous statements in favor of amnesty, without stating his own position.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
2:45
About: investigate and punish abuse of authority by members of the Judiciary
You have already said you are in favor not only of amnesty but also of punishment for the ministers who have been committing these atrocities, tearing up the Constitution and turning it into anything but the basic Brazilian rule, the Magna Carta.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Reports a question about punishing ministers, without making his own proposal in the speech.
Romeu Zema
3:19
About: elect a president with credibility
I strongly believe that Brazil needs leadership with credibility, a president who arrives there with an irreproachable record, and that is possible.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Explicitly advocates leadership with an unblemished record.
Romeu Zema
3:34
About: prioritize a future agenda instead of dwelling on the political past
We have good candidates in Brazil, and when you get a leader... who directs a leadership that you mentioned, we are here much more to look to the future instead of dwelling on the past, without a doubt we are able to move forward.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Proposes looking to the future instead of dwelling on the past.
Romeu Zema
4:15
About: improve public governance
Sanderson, Marcel and Sanderson and others from other states will be making a huge difference and we need to improve governance as well.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence States that the Senate and new senators will make a big difference for governance.
Romeu Zema
4:27
About: ensure that the Senate can initiate impeachment processes without presidential interference
I am in favor that when the majority of senators... want an impeachment process, that it is not blocked by some president as has been happening today, preventing, shelving an investigation.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Says he is in favor of preventing the president from blocking investigations when a majority of senators want them.
Romeu Zema
4:45
About: combat corruption and recover diverted funds
It becomes very clear that in Brasília today we have schemes where almost everyone is contaminated and the great struggle there today in Brasília is not to fight for a better Brazil, but to fight to save your own skin and save the skin of the friend who committed the same crime as you or something similar.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Criticizes a widespread scheme in Brasília and calls for change.
Romeu Zema
5:18
About: promote integrity and accountability in the public sector
I say that in Minas Gerais, when I took office and stayed there seven years and three months, I never received an indecent proposal, because from day one, and I repeated constantly, Count on me to do what is legal.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Claims his personal commitment to legality and to investigating when necessary.
Romeu Zema
6:06
About: elect a president who does not turn a blind eye to irregularities
So that's what we need, leaders with credibility in Brazil, and unfortunately what we have in Brasília today is the opposite, we have a leader there, President Lula, who gives the impression of the following: "I am blind to everything that is wrong."
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Criticizes the current president for apparent omission and advocates a vigilant presidency.
Romeu Zema
6:47
About: investigate and punish multibillion-dollar corruption
We have already had Mensalão, Petrolão, Lava Jato, Suitcase of Money, Pasadena Refinery, want more, Marcel?
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Lists Mensalão, Petrolão and others without proposing any new immediate action.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
7:52
About: elect a President of the Senate aligned with what the country needs
That said, I have also been watching your work, and I ask you the following: you are a pre-candidate for the Senate, fulfilling our... media liturgy, we have to consider the candidate as a pre-candidate for the Senate.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Asks about what will happen on the Senate's first day, without a clear stance.
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Desconhecido
8:27
About: elect Rogério Marinho President of the Senate
At this moment, the preferred one is Rogério Marinho.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Explicitly declares a preference for Rogério Marinho as president of the Senate.
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Desconhecido
8:50
About: elect Rogério Marinho President of the Senate
And I have already told him, in fact, that when I get to the Senate, I am the first to campaign for him to be president of the Senate.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Says he will be the first to campaign to elect him.
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Desconhecido
9:05
About: build a Senate majority favorable to the opposition/right
will bring numbers, I think it's important for people to understand what's at stake and how we will make a majority in the Senate, some people don't realize the numbers.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Describes numbers and strategy to achieve a majority in the Senate.
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Desconhecido
10:32
About: initiate and pursue impeachment processes against STF ministers
We're going to make a right-wing president of the Senate and then on the first day that president will say, look, from now on, STF, stay in your lane; we're going to move forward with impeachment proceedings against ministers of the STF.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Announces an intention for the Senate to advance with impeachment processes against ministers.
Romeu Zema
11:10
About: remove STF ministers who have lost credibility
Tófoli and Moraes can already be considered non-ministers.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Demonizes ministers (unviable, 'cadáveres'), implying they should be removed.
Romeu Zema
12:07
About: have magistrates' associations and OAB issue repudiation statements against STF ministers
Yesterday, talking with Marcel, he told me that the OAB of Rio Grande do Sul has already spoken out, opposing the OAB of... of São Paulo, and I think they all should — judges' associations should issue a statement of repudiation against those elements at the STF.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Explicitly asks OAB and associations to speak out in repudiation.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
12:36
About: decide to run for president in 2026
Right, and about Lula, because we know how this works — a little note here, a planted news item there — reporting that the latest was Mônica Bergamo saying that Lula, perhaps, won't run.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Asks whether Lula will run, without taking a position on which option is better.
Romeu Zema
13:17
About: decide to run for president in 2026
And if he sees the scenario isn't good, he will jump ship, without a doubt.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Analyzes that Lula may wait until the limit and decide not to run.
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Desconhecido
14:11
About: defeat Lula at the polls
For Lula, losing this election is worse than having gone to prison.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Affirms that the best scenario is to defeat Lula at the polls.
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Desconhecido
14:45
About: keep Lula out of the 2026 presidential race
Now, if he doesn't run, even better for Brazil, simply because.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Explicitly says that if Lula does not run it would be even better for Brazil.
Romeu Zema
18:02
About: receive support from right-wing leaders for a presidential pre-candidacy
First, in August of last year, before I launched my pre-candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic, I met with President Bolsonaro in Brasília to inform him firsthand that I would be launching myself as a pre-candidate for the presidency with Partido Novo.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Reports having informed Bolsonaro of his pre-candidacy and received support.
Romeu Zema
18:26
About: unite right-wing candidates in the second round against the left
And the more candidates the right has in the 2026 election, the better it will be for the right, the stronger it will become.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Explicitly states that more right-wing candidates would strengthen the field.
Romeu Zema
18:50
About: value the leadership of the political right
And here in Brazil that shows how competent the right is.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Explicitly praises the competence of the right as a political argument.
Romeu Zema
18:54
About: value the leadership of the political right
More than the left, even in terms of fielding good names.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Positively compares the right with the left and praises the formation of 'bons nomes'.
Romeu Zema
19:00
About: launch more right-wing candidates
We are known figures, well-rated governors; we could easily run three, four, five candidates that the right would have.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence States 'podíamos lançar três, quatro, cinco candidatos', proposing electoral action.
Romeu Zema
19:10
About: consolidate an alliance among right-wing candidates
So far, everything indicates that it would be me, Caiado and Flávio Bolsonaro.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Lists likely candidates without explicitly proposing action.
Romeu Zema
19:53
About: maintain my pre-candidacy until the end
Now, I will carry my pre-candidacy and candidacy through to the end, because I have proposals that greatly displease the traditional political class.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Explicitly declares 'levarei a minha pré-candidatura e candidatura até o final'.
Romeu Zema
20:04
About: combat privileges and impunity in public administration
I come from the private sector, I'm from Partido Novo, you know it's the party that has most attacked this spree of the untouchables.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Says the party 'mais tem batido nessa farra dos intocáveis', advocating confrontation.
Romeu Zema
20:13
About: combat privileges and impunity in public administration
No other party has attacked it so much, and no other candidate either.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Reinforces that other parties do not act as much against privileges, supporting the same agenda.
Romeu Zema
21:47
About: increase transparency of public administration
Transparency — I say that good management rhymes with transparency — Lula, his ministers there, the STF, fly up and down; in 50 years we'll have access to the data.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Contrasts the availability of spending data in Minas with secrecy in Brasília, asking for change.
Romeu Zema
25:32
About: build local political support for campaigns
In the first round, do you know how many mayors supported me?
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Reports the number of mayors who supported him as campaign data.
Romeu Zema
25:42
About: present an anti-establishment candidacy
So I was the anti‑machine, anti‑system candidate in Minas Gerais, clearly.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Self-defines as 'candidato da anti-máquina', an explicit political positioning.
Romeu Zema
26:45
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
What I want is a minister who carries out privatization plans, who carries forward the end... of this runaway wasteful spending.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Explicitly asks a minister to 'leve adiante planos de privatização'.
Romeu Zema
27:13
About: reduce public spending
It will say, this government approved reforms, this government made changes and the outlook is that over the next 50 years there will be savings of 5 to 10 trillion reais.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Argues that cutting wasteful spending would generate large savings and positive effects.
Romeu Zema
27:31
About: reduce public spending
That will cause interest rates to fall rapidly within 12 to 15 months.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Directly links the drop in interest rates to a reduction in federal wasteful spending.
Romeu Zema
30:22
About: reduce public spending
All these people today are paying extremely expensive installments because of Lula's overspending, because of the PT's overspending.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Attributes high payments to the 'gastança do Lula/ PT' and calls for action on this.
Romeu Zema
31:14
About: implement an administrative reform to reduce costs and lengthen career progression
I'm going to carry out an administrative reform; it's a minister who will also accept some challenges, an administrative reform is necessary.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Explicitly declares 'Eu vou fazer uma reforma administrativa'.
Romeu Zema
31:22
About: implement an administrative reform to reduce costs and lengthen career progression
Ending these perks has to be done with transparency.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Calls for transparency and an end to 'penduricalhos' as part of the reform.
Romeu Zema
32:06
About: implement performance evaluation and variable pay in the public service
One of them is the question of having variable remuneration.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Proposes 'remuneração variável' and that 'quem é bom ganhe mais' explicitly.
Romeu Zema
32:22
About: implement performance evaluation and variable pay in the public service
We have to put in place a system, a process, where the good are recognized.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Advocates a process to recognize good public servants and differentiate pay.
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Desconhecido
33:33
About: allow dismissal for poor performance in the public service
Those who work poorly must be able to be dismissed.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Clearly states that 'quem trabalha mal tem que poder ser demitido'.
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Desconhecido
34:00
About: eliminate excessive salaries and excessive vacation time in the public sector
This kind of perk in the public sector must end, even more so for those who are corrupt, for those who are criminals.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Calls explicitly to 'acabar esse tipo de mamata', including punishment for corrupt officials.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
35:06
About: combat impunity and conflicts of interest in the judiciary
The three have good plans for Brazil, they have a different posture and so on, but we have to resolve a moral issue in the country.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Points to impunity as a central 'questão moral' and asks what will be done.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
35:52
About: combat impunity and conflicts of interest in the judiciary
What will you do about this moral crisis that is plaguing the country?
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence Asks the candidate what they will do to address the moral crisis and impunity.
Romeu Zema
37:13
About: combat corruption and recover diverted funds
I had a government in Minas Gerais for seven years and three months, during which there were no scandals, no corruption.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Claims a government without scandals as a credential to confront corruption.
Romeu Zema
37:36
About: implement anti-corruption and transparency policies in the federal government
And I have said, I'm going to Brasília to do things differently.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Declares explicit intention: 'estou indo para Brasília para fazer diferente'.
Romeu Zema
38:00
About: adopt governance practices different from previous ones
I elected you; it wasn't for you to do what the same ones have always done.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Criticizes repeating past practices and calls for doing things differently.
Romeu Zema
38:11
About: strengthen the role of the Senate
I want an active Senate, with Marcel there, with Marinho as president, impeaching ministers when these absurdities are happening, changing the rules.
Why it was classified this way · 95% confidence Wants 'um Senado atuante' and names people for that role.
Romeu Zema
38:27
About: change the quorum for opening investigations in the Senate
If today a majority of senators is not sufficient... to advance an investigation, we'll change that rule.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Proposes 'vamos mudar essa regra' regarding the majority needed for investigations.
Romeu Zema
38:35
About: reduce the president's ability to block decisions of elected officials
No president can block the will of the elected.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence States that 'qualquer presidente não pode barrar a vontade dos eleitos'.
Romeu Zema
38:39
About: reduce the president's ability to block decisions of elected officials
Today we have a president there who seems to be compromised by the Senate and keeps blocking things.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Criticizes a president who 'fica barrando', implying a need to limit that blocking.
Romeu Zema
39:36
About: introduce private-sector management practices into public administration
I'm saying this because I brought to the public sector
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Says 'levei para o setor público' private sector practices.
Romeu Zema
39:39
About: hire and train a qualified technical team for public project management
what I always did in the private sector, which is to assemble good teams.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Advocates 'montar bons times' as a management practice.
Romeu Zema
39:42
About: appoint to public office based on competence, not party criteria
When you have competent people instead of mere campaign loyalists, which is what usually happens in Brazil, or a consolation prize for those who lost the election, as some parties often do, you end up making a difference.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Explicitly contrasts 'gente competente' with 'cabo eleitoral'.
Romeu Zema
40:23
About: adopt a careful selection process for Federal Police appointments
I really like, you know, to be extremely careful in the selection process.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Responds about appointments and says he is 'extremamente cuidadoso'.
Romeu Zema
40:40
About: adopt selection processes for government positions
They were all selected; they went through those HR consulting firms, which in the market are called headhunters.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence States that the secretariat 'passaram por headhunter'.
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Desconhecido
41:11
About: join forces to defeat the PT
More important than all of us being united around a single project today for Brazil is all of us being united, even if in different projects, against the same enemy.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Explicitly advocates unity 'contra o mesmo inimigo'.
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Desconhecido
41:28
About: join forces to defeat the PT
Even if there are several projects, the enemy is the same.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Insists that 'o inimigo seja o mesmo' and that unity is necessary.
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Desconhecido
41:31
About: join forces to defeat the PT
If we have several candidates on the right and it's not possible to form a coalition, what's far more important is what?
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Uses a rhetorical question and prioritizes unity against a common enemy.
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Desconhecido
41:36
About: join forces to defeat the PT
That everyone knows our enemy is Lula and the PT-STF consortium.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Directly declares who 'o nosso inimigo' is.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
42:15
About: clarify to voters the Senate voting rules (two seats)
Not knowing already is a sign; we've been working this issue for a long time, and we need to — that's one thing, you touched on a fundamental point — many people don't know that there will be... two candidates elected this year.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence States that there will be two candidacies/seats and the voter votes twice.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
42:27
About: clarify to voters the Senate voting rules (two seats)
That is, the voter will, in fact, vote twice; they won't vote just once.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Reaffirms that the voter 'vai votar duas vezes', factual description.
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Desconhecido
42:35
About: change the balance of power in the Senate
Yesterday, well-informed people didn't know that... So, we need to remember that if we don't change the balance of power in the Senate, Brazil won't change.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence States that without changing the Senate 'não vai mudar o Brasil'.
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Desconhecido
42:46
About: elect more right-wing senators in Rio Grande do Sul
And Rio Grande do Sul, to help with that change, has to increase the number of right-wing senators.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Says 'tem que aumentar o número de senadores de direita' explicitly.
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Desconhecido
42:51
About: elect more right-wing senators in Rio Grande do Sul
It has to increase, it has to put in one more, because last time, who was it?
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Repeats that 'tem que botar mais um' right-wing senator.
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Desconhecido
43:03
About: elect more right-wing senators in Rio Grande do Sul
So if we want to increase the balance of power, to increase the number of right-wing senators, Rio Grande do Sul must necessarily send, this time, two right-wing senators.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Declares the obligation to 'mandar, nessa vez, dois senadores de direita'.
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Desconhecido
43:12
About: pair votes between candidates to elect both
And if there are enough votes to elect Marcel... There are for Sanderson; if there are for Sanderson, there are for Marcel, because those votes have to be paired.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence States 'esse voto tem que ser casado' to elect two.
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Desconhecido
43:19
About: convince smaller candidacies to withdraw and support our ticket
And before long Rigoto will also come along to the campaign, drop out, and support us.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Asks Rigoto to 'desista, nos apoia' explicitly.
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Desconhecido
43:34
About: avoid candidacies that split votes and hinder electing right-wing senators
With me and with those on the right, and that's why he also represents a risk we don't need to take right now — that soon, in fact, we might end up with no one elected from the right; that can happen with this type of candidacy.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Warns of the risk of electing no one from the right due to divided candidacies.
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Desconhecido
43:46
About: invite the candidate to join our campaign after the pre-campaign
So, I'm even here asking, for the sake of rigor, that he eventually rethink and join our campaign after the pre-campaign, at this time.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Explicitly asks 'repenser e se juntar à nossa campanha'.
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Desconhecido
44:08
About: combat organized crime
Many topics were left behind here; I wanted to talk about — we wanted to talk here about combating organized crime; it's a scourge in Brazil and it will be a theme of the campaign.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Announces 'combate a crime organizado... vai ser tema da campanha'.
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Desconhecido
44:54
About: postpone the immediate union of right-wing candidacies
I don't really like the 'let's join up right away' thing.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Declares 'não gosto... de vamos se juntar já', opposing immediate unity.
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Desconhecido
45:10
About: expel a party member for misconduct
Zema and I, incidentally, and other Novo leaders signed the request for expulsion, provisionally.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Claims they 'assinado o pedido de expulsão' (party action).
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Desconhecido
45:19
About: invite the politician to join the Novo party
As you can see, Novo is in another phase; if you want, join us too — come to Novo.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Makes a direct invitation: 'se você quiser se junte a nós, venha para o Novo'.
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