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ROMEU ZEMA - Inteligência Ltda. Podcast #1831
240 classified statements · 1 politicians · May 1, 2026 · 122 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 240 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Electoral Strategy, Calls for Economic Reform, Regulatory Framework and Anti-Corruption, Public Management.
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- For
Rogério Vilela
1:58
About: give importance to the presidential election
The pre-candidates speak here, and I agree, it's the most important election in Brazil's history. I don't know if Zema agrees.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says it is 'a eleição mais importante' and agrees with its importance.
- For
Rogério Vilela
2:10
About: advance structural reforms in the country
paradigm shifts that will happen in the world, if Brazil doesn't set course now, it will have lost this chance again. It's go or bust. It's go or bust.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence says Brazil needs to 'encaminhar agora' or it will lose the chance.
- For
Rogério Vilela
2:21
About: pay attention when voting
Pay attention when voting, pay attention to this chat and talk with all the pre-candidates here, because it's the election that will change everything, huh? It's true, I think so too. So send questions.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence explicitly instructs: 'Preste atenção na hora de votar'.
Romeu Zema
6:47
About: combat corruption and privileges that benefit elites
And I ended up, out of indignation and outrage, entering politics because of the petrolão, the mensalão, Lava Jato, that thieving, corruption and the recession of 2015 and 2016.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence justifies entering politics by citing petrolão, mensalão and lava-jato.
Romeu Zema
7:14
About: improve state public management
40 days ago, when I handed over the state government to Matheus Simões and handed him a state that was much, much better than that broken, ruined, devastated state I received from the PT on January 1, 2019.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims to have left the state 'muito melhor' to his successor, asserting managerial credit.
Romeu Zema
7:34
About: implement regular targets and monitoring in public administration
So I'm very pleased to be showing that it's possible to do a different kind of public management, Vilela. Despite Minas having 300,000 employees...
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence declares that 'dá para fazer uma gestão pública diferente' as a proposal.
Romeu Zema
7:50
About: combat nepotism in public office
Zero. Nepotism zero? Nepotism zero. Guess how many of my relatives have contracts... Not even friends.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states 'nepotismo zero' and that no relative was benefited.
Romeu Zema
8:06
About: reduce the State's business activity and focus on providing essential public services
No one benefited from my position as governor. So it's exactly the opposite of what we're seeing over in Brasília. For me, politics is just an expense.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence says 'para mim, política é só despesa', indicating a preference for a smaller state.
Romeu Zema
8:19
About: donate public office salaries
As governor's salary, I give it to institutions, mainly to Pai. I will ask
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence states that the governor's salary is directed to institutions, claiming this practice.
Romeu Zema
8:39
About: implement regular targets and monitoring in public administration
destroyed by the PT and now I want to do the same with Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence says he wants to 'fazer o mesmo com o Brasil' after success in Minas.
Romeu Zema
16:31
About: declare disinterest in participating in politics
So, Vilela, I've always hated politics. But at university were you part of the student center, those things? No,
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence directly states 'sempre detestei política' without proposing action.
Romeu Zema
17:45
About: refuse an invitation to enter politics
Because I was already 53 years old — changing professions at 53 years old...
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence explicitly says 'quando eu recebi o convite, Eu falei não'.
Romeu Zema
18:21
About: refuse an invitation to enter politics
I've always criticized the State so much, always thought the State makes people's lives so complicated. Always thought someone has to do something, someone has to do something. That's right. Now I'm being called and I'm not going.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence reports having been called by the party and initially refused.
Romeu Zema
18:38
About: reduce state bureaucracy
Seriously?
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes the State and says it 'complica', calling for a solution.
Romeu Zema
19:45
About: strengthen coherence and transparency of political parties
And contrary to everyone and everything, I ended up being elected in 2018. And it was a victory different from anything else.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence praises the party as 'mais coerente' and says he went to help.
Romeu Zema
20:00
About: demand discipline and transparency in political parties
Because my rise happened in the last week before the first round; until then I had 12% in voting intention. Who was in first? Who was in first was Anastasia, then Pimentel and in third place me. Quite
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence advocates expelling those who don't follow principles and having transparency.
Romeu Zema
20:25
About: run for and be elected governor
far. Quite
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports the 2018 electoral victory without proposing new action.
Romeu Zema
21:26
About: decide vote on the eve of the election
The voter, Vilela, only connects, looks at who the candidate is the day before.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence says that voters tend to connect with the candidate on the eve of the election.
Romeu Zema
22:26
About: prioritize personal interests over politics outside elections
See? We'll only tune in... Because life is very busy, everyone has too many things to do. Nobody is worried about politics right now, no.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence says that no one is concerned about politics at this moment.
- Neutral
Rogério Vilela
22:35
About: acknowledge that early polls may not reflect final votes
So the polls didn't really show what was happening. It was when it started to get close to the election.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence states that polls did not show what was happening until close to the election.
Romeu Zema
22:58
About: speak in the language of the popular electorate
am, I speak the language of the common people, you understand? I was a retailer, as I told you, I spent all my life in towns of 10, 20, 30, 40 thousand inhabitants. The stores I opened, which still operate today, are in smaller towns. I dealt with simple people.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence presents himself as 'conversar a língua do povão' as a strategy.
Romeu Zema
24:10
About: reduce state bureaucracy
We want Brazilians to have the freedom to invest, to work, to produce, to end this suffocating bureaucracy that we have today.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence explicitly asks to 'acabar com essa burocracia asfixiante'.
Romeu Zema
24:21
About: value the family and protect the right to life from conception
but we are conservative in matters of customs. We greatly value the family; the right to life is fundamental, as long as...
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence declares being 'conservador' in morals and defends the right to life.
Romeu Zema
24:34
About: guarantee freedom of expression
The right to freedom of expression, something that today we have a complicated government on. We are
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence warns against attempts to 'tirar essa liberdade de expressão'.
Romeu Zema
24:47
About: increase taxes
Exactly. So, we are right-wing and we totally condemn tax increases.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence says 'condenamos totalmente aumento de impostos' clearly.
Romeu Zema
24:54
About: increase taxes
There are some things over at Partido Novo. What is forbidden to do? Increase taxes.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence repeats that in the party 'o que é proibido fazer? Aumentar impostos.'
Romeu Zema
25:14
About: combat corruption and privileges that benefit elites
Another thing, total fight against corruption and privileges.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence declares 'combate total a corrupção e privilégios' as a goal.
Romeu Zema
25:21
About: reduce public spending
Instead of living in the palace, which former governors of Minas always lived in, I went to live in a house that I rented. I gave up a palace...
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence says he gave up the palace and lived at home to avoid privileges.
Romeu Zema
25:49
About: reduce public spending
The ex-governor Pimentel from PT used to commute daily by helicopter. Are you kidding? Imagine the cost of that.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence criticizes a former governor for using a helicopter and for high public spending.
Romeu Zema
25:57
About: cut excessive salaries and useless positions in the public sector
I saved, at a minimum, Vilela, 3 million per year. I stayed there for more than seven years. It was at least 21 million saved.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims to have saved millions and presents it as a government achievement.
Romeu Zema
26:12
About: reduce public spending
Where we worked, there was a waiter for everyone. Do you know what I did at the first meeting with my secretaries? I gave each one a coffee machine and said, from today on, we serve our own coffee and we no longer have a waiter here.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reports having eliminated waiter service and encouraged self-service.
Romeu Zema
26:30
About: reduce public spending
And I made a point of setting an example of thrift; instead of having a private elevator,
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence cites removing a private elevator as a personal example of cost-cutting.
Romeu Zema
27:21
About: donate public office salaries
I entered the government of Minas in January 2019; everything that I received, I donated.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence says 'tudo aquilo que eu recebi, eu doei' claiming such conduct.
Romeu Zema
28:45
About: donate public office salaries
So, first, if the salary is 10, if it's 50, 100 or 1,000, for me it makes no difference because...
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence argues the salary amount doesn't matter because he donates it.
- Neutral
Rogério Vilela
28:57
About: join the fiscal recovery regime to renegotiate the state's debt
Just to give context, in 2023, in the second term, Zema sent to the Legislative Assembly a proposal to join the fiscal recovery regime. Later you can explain what that is.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence states that a proposal to join the fiscal recovery regime was sent.
- Neutral
Rogério Vilela
29:06
About: renegotiate state debt with the Union
An instrument to renegotiate Minas' debt with the Union, estimated at around R$ 160 billion. Wow!
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence explains that the instrument serves to renegotiate a debt estimated at R$160bn.
- Neutral
Rogério Vilela
29:12
About: freeze salaries, suspend public hiring, and privatize state-owned companies as adjustment measures
How did it get to that value? Explain to me later. The plan provided for freezing public servants' salaries for up to nine years, suspension of public entrance exams and privatization of state-owned companies.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence lists measures foreseen in the plan (freeze, suspension, privatization).
- Neutral
Rogério Vilela
29:23
About: increase salaries of secretaries and the vice-governor
In the same period, you sanctioned an increase of almost 300% in the salaries of the secretaries and the vice-governor and such, from 10 thousand to 41 thousand per month. So explain from the...
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reports having sanctioned an increase of almost 300% in those positions.
Romeu Zema
29:45
About: reduce the governor's and secretaries' salaries (historic measure)
The salary that the secretaries and the governor received before had been reduced by 50%, Vilela, in 2007, when Aécio was governor.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence reports a 50% reduction in wages in 2007 as historical context.
Romeu Zema
30:47
About: reduce privileges and spending of the executive
Because whoever was a secretary under Pimentel, instead of earning 7 thousand reais, which was what was on record, actually earned 70. How?
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence alleges that secretaries received hidden payments via jetons.
Romeu Zema
31:17
About: increase transparency of public accounts
So much so that Minas Gerais, Vilela, was the state in 22nd place in terms of transparency of public accounts during my administration; it went to 1st place.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims to have taken Minas from 22nd to 1st in transparency.
Romeu Zema
31:46
About: avoid the state contracting new financing and loans
The only type of document I didn't sign as governor was financing and loans.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence says they did not sign financing agreements as governor.
Romeu Zema
31:53
About: avoid the state contracting new financing and loans
Because Minas Gerais doesn't have a credit note. I didn't borrow a cent and I didn't incur a cent's worth of debt. How does that work? Explain
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence repeats that Minas did not take loans under their administration.
Romeu Zema
32:26
About: recognize and correct the fiscal situation of defaulting states
They analyze whether the city hall's credit is good, but when I took office, Vilela, Minas Gerais was bankrupt.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence says Minas was bankrupt and delinquent when taking office.
Romeu Zema
32:58
About: guarantee payment of 13th salary and severance pay to public servants
Public employees of Minas Gerais didn't receive their 13th salary.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence reports that public servants previously did not receive the 13th salary or severance payments.
Romeu Zema
33:12
About: prevent improper registration of public servants in SPC/Serasa
240 thousand public employees of Minas Gerais had their names registered with SPC Serasa, their names marked as delinquent.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence reports 240,000 public servants had their names listed for nonpayment.
Romeu Zema
33:23
About: honor payroll-deducted loan payments and pay banks correctly
because Pimentel's government, of PT, deducted payroll-consigned loan payments from payroll and didn't pay the banks.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes the previous government for deducting payroll loan payments and not forwarding them to banks.
Romeu Zema
33:41
About: settle debts and pay bills left by previous administrations
They harmed the lives of 240 thousand employees. I had to pay; just that bill was 650 million.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says they paid R$650 million to remedy losses to public servants.
Romeu Zema
34:09
About: make full transfers of ICMS and IPVA to municipalities
I have 853 witnesses, they are the 853 mayors of Minas Gerais, they were robbed by PT.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence says that municipalities were 'assaltadas' because they did not receive transfers.
Romeu Zema
34:31
About: make full transfers of ICMS and IPVA to municipalities
And in Minas Gerais, PT did not make the transfers in full to the municipalities. Just on that.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence accuses the previous administration of not fully passing funds on to municipalities.
Romeu Zema
35:03
About: recognize the pre-salt effect on state revenue
population of Rio is a bit smaller than Minas', but Rio's economy is still larger than Minas'. The difference is small. Because of the pre-salt. Because of the pre-salt, but Minas is in third, but growing at a faster pace than Rio. With
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence attributes Rio's larger economy to the pre-salt, explaining the revenue.
Romeu Zema
35:30
About: support and accelerate agribusiness development
agribusiness in Minas is growing 15%, 20% every year. Why? This
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence says agriculture in Minas grows 15–20% annually, giving a figure.
Romeu Zema
35:34
About: stimulate agribusiness exports
a Chinese-like growth. Easily? Largely due to the changes we made. For example? For the first time in history, in 2024, and then repeated in 2025, agribusiness exported more than mining. What? There are people joking that instead of calling it Minas Gerais, they should call it Agro Gerais now.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence attributes agricultural growth to the changes that 'we' made.
Romeu Zema
36:13
About: authorize construction of dams and reservoirs for agricultural use
Before, no one could build a dam to hold back water during the rainy season and use it in the dry season.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence says that before no one could build dams and indicates having changed that.
Romeu Zema
36:30
About: authorize construction of dams and reservoirs for agricultural use while respecting the environment
With me, we made a bill feasible and today... But without damage to the environment. No damage. I say it helps, because...
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims 'viabilizamos um projeto de lei' and emphasizes 'sem dano ao meio ambiente'.
Romeu Zema
36:38
About: use reservoir water for irrigation
What happens in the rainy season? Excess rain, flooding, it sweeps through the city. It sweeps everything away. When you keep that water stored, you use it on the farmland later. Got it. And another point that we changed completely, bringing energy and security to the countryside.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence advocates retaining rainwater for use in farming.
Romeu Zema
36:57
About: bring three-phase power to rural properties
We had rural producers there whose electricity was enough to turn on the little light in their house and the TV. If they had a refrigerator, it couldn't handle it.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence reports the previous state of electricity on properties without proposing new action.
Romeu Zema
37:08
About: bring three-phase power to rural properties
We are in the process of bringing three-phase electricity to all rural properties of Minas Gerais.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence explicitly declares 'estamos no processo de levar energia trifásica'.
Romeu Zema
37:16
About: improve security in rural areas
And, besides that, improving security in the countryside.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence directly states wanting to 'melhorar a segurança no campo'.
Romeu Zema
37:27
About: guarantee security of rural property and prevent invasions
the PT government, it was a terror for the rural producer. Think about it, you working here Then someone comes and says I am a without Without podcast I am a without podcast
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes the previous government and defends protection of rural property.
Romeu Zema
38:05
About: guarantee security of rural property and prevent invasions
So we zeroed it out So the rural producer saw that it was possible to invest And production booming in Minas Gerais
Why it was classified this way · 77% confidence states they 'zeraram' invasions, allowing investment in the countryside.
Romeu Zema
38:19
About: create formal jobs
Mayor, by comparison, during the PT government, Minas Gerais destroyed — I'll make this very clear, anyone can get the data on Caged from the Ministry of Labor and check.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence criticizes prior job losses and contrasts that with job creation.
Romeu Zema
38:33
About: create formal jobs
From 2015 to 2018, the PT government in Minas destroyed 210 thousand formal jobs.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence cites statistics of jobs lost without formulating an explicit proposal.
Romeu Zema
38:50
About: create formal jobs
During my seven years as governor, we created more than one million formal jobs.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence claims 'criamos mais de um milhão de empregos' as an accomplishment.
Romeu Zema
39:33
About: repair state roads and highways
things. Ah, I would have liked to have repaired all the roads in Minas. Are they in bad shape?
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence says 'eu queria ter recuperado todas as estradas' explicitly.
Romeu Zema
39:38
About: repair state roads and highways
they improved a lot during my administration. We had 35% of roads in poor condition when I arrived; when I left it was 9%. Who wants proof of that?
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims reduction of bad roads from 35% to 9%.
Romeu Zema
41:05
About: renovate public schools
that I renovated more than 2,500 schools. Minas Gerais has 3,600 schools. We had schools there that were literally abandoned. There were classrooms closed off because of the roof. There were.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims 'reformei mais de 2.500 escolas' as an action taken.
Romeu Zema
41:33
About: prioritize essential public services (health, education, and public security)
last year, and I say with great pride also, I even received a very nice trophy with my name on it, Minas Gerais was the state in Brazil that advanced the most in literacy.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence says Minas was 'o estado que mais avançou na alfabetização'.
Romeu Zema
41:46
About: prioritize essential public services (health, education, and public security)
And the most important thing is to make progress in literacy, do you know why? Because literacy is the foundation, it's the base.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence defends literacy as the 'alicerce' of education.
Romeu Zema
41:55
About: improve school meals
Good people, goals to meet, nicer schools, good school meals. You have no idea of the crap the school meals were like during Pimentel from PT's time. It was water...
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence criticizes the previous school meals and says the current ones improved.
Romeu Zema
42:19
About: improve school meals
to be able to supplement the school meal funds. Today I'm proud to say that what they eat at school is the same as what I eat at my home. There's no difference. And it should be, right?
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims school meals equal to his household meals as an achievement.
Romeu Zema
42:38
About: reduce public spending
Every day. So, often, when going to the state's interior, I even make a point of having lunch at a school to see how the school meal is, and it's no different from what I have at home. You have to give dignity to people. You just making social speeches...
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence attributes high interest rates to the 'gastança do Lula' and suggests restraint.
Romeu Zema
43:25
About: reduce public spending
It will only drop when we have a new president who cuts that overspending.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states 'só vai baixar... novo presidente que corte essa gastança'.
Romeu Zema
43:47
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
that comes in and says, I'm carrying out the necessary privatizations here, I'm going to privatize everything.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence explicitly declares 'vou privatizar tudo'.
Romeu Zema
44:00
About: reduce public spending
You can reduce the amount of the debt and by cutting spending you signal that the debt will also no longer grow or will even decrease over time.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence states that 'cortando gastos' reduces debt and signals responsibility.
Romeu Zema
44:11
About: reduce public spending
If you, who are a good payer, who have resources invested, go to take a loan, they'll say, "I'll charge you little because I know it will be safe." Now, if they lend to a fellow who is financially out of control, they'll charge much more. That's what happens today with Lula's profligacy. Whoever lends money to the federal government says, "this is a spendthrift, out-of-control government, I'll put the interest rates way up because the risk is high."
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence argues that excessive spending increases risk and raises interest charged.
Romeu Zema
44:49
About: complete construction of regional hospitals
the largest graveyard of abandoned, vandalized health projects in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence denounces abandoned works and implies the need to complete them.
Romeu Zema
44:58
About: complete construction of regional hospitals
Pimentel of PT halted, abandoned, and six large regional hospitals were vandalized.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that Pimentel halted works and they were vandalized.
Romeu Zema
45:34
About: complete construction of regional hospitals
Those I didn't complete, Governor Matheus Simões, who succeeded me, is handing over now in the remainder of the year.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that the successor is handing over unfinished works.
Romeu Zema
45:41
About: complete construction of regional hospitals
With that, Minas Gerais's health care is making extraordinary progress.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence reports an increase in beds and improved regional care.
Romeu Zema
46:11
About: complete construction of regional hospitals
to be able, sometimes, to receive care, to have surgery, and with the Regional Hospital of Tioflotone, which is in fact the largest, 432 beds.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that the Regional Hospital will have 432 beds and will serve the region.
Romeu Zema
46:41
About: expand the public health network and hemodialysis services
I met Mr. Geraldo there; until we installed a hemodialysis unit in that town, he had to, every other day,
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims 'nós colocarmos uma unidade de hemodiálise' as an action taken.
Romeu Zema
47:42
About: improve school meals
Even if you are criticized, satirized, mocked. They've held I don't know how many funerals for me there in Minas Gerais. There's always the people against, the people of the left. But for the school meals and for the improvement in health I say it's already worth it When
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence says school meals and health already justify being a politician.
Romeu Zema
48:18
About: concede roads to the private sector (implement tolls)
For you to not have roads or to have tolled roads.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence states a preference for 'estrada pedagiada' instead of having no road.
Romeu Zema
48:26
About: concede roads to the private sector (implement tolls)
Tolled road, because Minas Gerais was heading towards having no roads.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence supports tolls to ensure maintenance and quality of the highways.
Romeu Zema
48:31
About: concede roads to the private sector (implement tolls)
I was the governor who granted the most concessions, yes.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence claims 'fui o governador que mais fez concessões'.
Romeu Zema
48:50
About: concede roads to the private sector (implement tolls)
And in Minas Gerais we will, over time, become exactly like São Paulo. With good roads, but tolls will come along with them.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence says Minas will follow São Paulo's model with good roads and tolls.
Romeu Zema
49:21
About: concede roads to the private sector (implement tolls)
With this debt that Minas still has, but that is renegotiated, the State cannot afford to maintain all the roads. The State already maintains and will continue to maintain those roads that don't have much traffic and that, even if they had tolls, are not viable.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence justifies concessions because of the state's debt and financial inability.
Romeu Zema
52:16
About: reduce street crime
In Minas Gerais, what is possible to do in terms of...
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence states that 'a criminalidade em Minas caiu muito' due to measures taken.
Romeu Zema
52:31
About: prevent territorial control by criminal factions
with pride that in Minas Gerais organized crime, criminal factions do not control a square meter of territory, unlike many other states. Organized crime is there selling drugs,
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence claims that factions do not control territory in Minas Gerais.
Romeu Zema
53:39
About: classify PCC and CV as terrorist organizations
In my opinion, Brazil should equate, Vilela, these organizations and criminal factions with terrorist groups, because they are. And
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence explicitly proposes 'o Brasil deveria equiparar' factions with terrorists.
Romeu Zema
54:26
About: classify criminal factions as terrorist organizations and deploy federal forces
these organizations, classify them as terrorists, even to mobilize the army, the air force, the navy.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence asks for classification as terrorists to mobilize the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Romeu Zema
55:02
About: increase public security in Minas Gerais
In Minas, we made great progress; it is one of the safest states in Brazil and another unprecedented thing happened during my administration there as well, which I want to comment on with you. Minas has always been a state of emigrants.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims progress and security as achievements of his administration.
Romeu Zema
55:25
About: attract people to Minas Gerais through economic opportunities
Minas Gerais became a state of immigrants; it began to attract people.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence claims that Minas began attracting people during his administration.
Romeu Zema
55:31
About: ensure public safety
And do you agree that people go where there are opportunities? Of course. And one of the things that weighed most was the issue of public security.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence states that security was a decisive factor and defends its importance.
Romeu Zema
56:56
About: monitor suspicious movements by the Military Police
And the Military Police are always monitoring suspicious movements and saw that there was this movement.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence reports that the PM monitored suspicious movements.
Romeu Zema
57:02
About: arrest organized crime leaders and seal establishments used by criminal organizations
28 men who were not from any construction company, not from any maintenance company, as sometimes someone sets up a camp there.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports the presence of 28 unidentified men, an investigative account.
Romeu Zema
57:12
About: conduct joint police investigations between Military Police and Federal Police
And the police went there to carry out an investigation, Military Police of Minas Gerais together with the Federal Police.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence describes a joint action by PM and PF during the inspection.
Romeu Zema
57:20
About: carry out police verification operations in suspicious locations
And they arrived there and were met with gunfire.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence reports that police were met with gunfire during the operation.
Romeu Zema
57:25
About: retaliate against attacks on police
And when you're met with gunfire, you're not going to hand them a bouquet of flowers. No way.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence justifies the police reaction: 'você não vai entregar buquê de flores'.
Romeu Zema
57:30
About: carry out forceful police operations against organized crime
They clashed with the Military Police of Minas Gerais and...
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence recounts a confrontation with the PM without proposing an explicit new policy.
Romeu Zema
57:35
About: dismantle criminals' war arsenals
The final result was 28 deaths among the criminals and, thank God, no police officers wounded. Any casualties? No casualties. The police went to conduct an inspection there, they found an arsenal of war. There was even a bazooka there.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reports the operation's outcome and weapons found.
Romeu Zema
57:56
About: combat organized crime
And it became clear that these people were there, using that place as a base to be able to carry out those actions of the new cangaço.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence claims the site served as a base for criminal actions.
Romeu Zema
58:05
About: prevent and respond to attacks on institutions and the use of human shields
which is to arrive in a town, usually not a very large town, they set a truck or a bus on fire in front of the barracks so the patrol cars can't get out, and they go and blow up bank branches and ATMs using human shields.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence describes criminal tactics of setting fire to and blowing up agencies.
Romeu Zema
58:23
About: prevent and respond to the use of human shields in attacks
People they sometimes put in front of the car or inside the car so the police can't return fire.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence describes criminals using people as human shields.
Romeu Zema
58:31
About: increase rigor in combating crime and incarcerating criminals
And after that event, Vilela, what happened in Minas Gerais? A drastic drop in the activity of the...
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence attributes the drop in attacks to increasing the cost of crime.
Romeu Zema
58:43
About: increase rigor in combating crime and incarcerating criminals
We reached 263 incidents of this nature in 2016, explosions of bank branches and ATMs. After that Varginha event, we fell to two or three per year. The criminal goes where the cost of crime is low.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence cites a reduction in incidents as proof of deterrence.
Romeu Zema
59:03
About: increase rigor in combating crime and incarcerating criminals
When you raise the cost of crime, the criminal thinks ten times before acting. And in Brazil the cost of crime today is very low. Absolutely.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence advocates raising the cost of crime as a form of deterrence.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
59:14
About: improve sentencing enforcement and reduce early release of prisoners
And even when arrested, they still know there's a chance of being freed soon afterward.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence notes that detainees may be released soon, without proposing a solution.
Romeu Zema
59:57
About: prioritize candidates with management experience for executive positions
He's a senator, he's already a politician with experience, I would question...
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence questions Flávio's managerial experience and emphasizes executive credentials.
Romeu Zema
60:11
About: prioritize candidates with management experience for executive positions
Yes, in the Executive Branch. He's always been a legislator. And those are very different things.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence says parliamentary and executive roles are different, defending the need for executive management.
Romeu Zema
60:24
About: consider public rejection when evaluating candidates
Maybe that too, exactly, it ends up contributing. Just as he, Bolsonaro, has that rejection, Lula also has an even greater rejection.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence notes that a surname can contribute to candidates' rejection.
Romeu Zema
60:44
About: prioritize candidates with proven good management
He was a senator and federal deputy for a long time, a person who...
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence praises Caiado's management and values well-regarded administration.
Romeu Zema
61:31
About: prioritize candidates with management experience for executive positions
understand? You can't be a
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence declares not knowing Renan and values management experience.
Romeu Zema
61:42
About: prioritize candidates with management experience
It's...
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence defends the importance of assembling and coordinating a good team, claims experience.
Romeu Zema
63:02
About: avoid supporting candidates who participated in left-wing governments
And Aldo, I think, has that stain on his résumé.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence states pride in never having voted for the PT and reservations about former governments.
Romeu Zema
63:14
About: combat corruption
But has he changed? Does he think, is he still leftist? No, I think he may even have somewhat reformed, you know? Yes, but you always remain with a foot back in case that virus isn't there and could be incubated and manifest itself.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence cites Petrolão, Mensalão and Lava Jato to justify the fight against corruption.
Romeu Zema
63:29
About: avoid supporting candidates with ties to corruption
I'll bring him here, let's see if he's an incubated leftist or if he's already center or right‑wing.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence attributes a 'mancha' on Aldo's record due to association with the PT.
Romeu Zema
63:39
About: avoid supporting candidates with ties to corruption
He was here, right? He was here about a month ago, more or less. And here he spoke about his pre‑candidacy, right?
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence acknowledges possible 'regeneração' but remains distrustful.
Romeu Zema
64:25
About: prioritize candidates with management skills and competencies for large organizations
What they did, unfortunately, was make Brazil better known because of corruption,
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says that large organizations require different competencies.
Romeu Zema
64:53
About: investigate and punish politicians involved in corruption
Oh, really? But
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence questions innocence and highlights convictions, calling for accountability.
Romeu Zema
65:03
About: investigate and punish politicians involved in corruption
have you seen Banco Master's history, where it started, no? No. It started doing operations for the PT government of Bahia.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence states that the triplex existed and questions impunity.
Romeu Zema
65:12
About: implement the economic reform agenda
there was a benefits card there, that was the hatchery of Banco Master.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence criticizes 25 years of governments without the requested changes.
Romeu Zema
65:25
About: combat corruption
I know there are a lot of people involved with Banco Master. There are.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence attributes scandals to the PT and calls for combating them.
Romeu Zema
65:48
About: combat corruption
Take Petrolão, Mensalão, Mala de Dinheiro, the Abreu e Lima Refinery, the Comperge Refinery, the Passadena Refinery.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence lists major scandals to reinforce an anti-corruption argument.
Romeu Zema
66:08
About: investigate relations between banks and governments and prevent favoritism
have you seen Banco Master's history, where it started, right? No. It started doing operations for the PT government of Bahia.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence attributes Banco Master's origin to operations with the PT government, suggesting investigation.
Romeu Zema
66:18
About: investigate relations between banks and governments and prevent favoritism
they had a benefits card there, that was the breeding ground for Banco Master.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports the origin of Banco Master and the benefit card.
Romeu Zema
66:24
About: investigate and punish politicians involved in corruption
You saw that Mantega went to be an employee there, receiving a modest salary of a million a month. You must have also seen that it was brokered by Jacques Wagner, former governor of Bahia, current PT senator from Bahia.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence alleges hires with high salaries and political intermediation.
Romeu Zema
66:40
About: investigate and punish politicians involved in corruption
I know there are a lot of people involved with Banco Master. There are.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence asserts that many people are involved with Banco Master.
Romeu Zema
66:48
About: investigate Banco Master contracts involving STF ministers
just the left, no. No, I think there are people from the center, the center-right, and I'm in favor of every kind of investigation. And look at something interesting.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states support for all kinds of investigations without bias.
Romeu Zema
68:03
About: ensure the Judiciary's independence and impartiality
So even living in the same city as him, he never sought me out nor, I don't think, people from my team there. Do you understand? But in Brasília he went knocking on the right doors, do you agree? Yes. He even saw that at the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) there were doors that would open nicely for him.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence accuses seeking advantages in the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) and suggests defending impartiality.
Romeu Zema
68:33
About: avoid populist policies and demagoguery
I say he's a populist, a demagogue, right?
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence calls Lula populist and demagogic, rejecting that approach.
Romeu Zema
68:38
About: implement the economic reform agenda
Who had every opportunity to fix Brazil, instead of fixing
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence accuses Lula of not fixing Brazil and advocates for change.
Romeu Zema
68:50
About: adopt responsible economic policies instead of populist measures
What he does with the economy is exactly like the guy who wants to get huge and starts taking steroids. He's going to
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence criticizes Lula's economic policy as harmful in the long term.
Romeu Zema
70:04
About: avoid nepotism in public administration
involved, from his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, with politics.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes family involvement in politics and its corrupt practices.
Romeu Zema
70:13
About: avoid nepotism in public administration
That many things that I, who come from outside, consider wrong, those who are there, born into that environment, end up considering right.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says those born into that environment see bad practices as normal.
Romeu Zema
70:24
About: avoid nepotism in public administration
I said I have zero relatives in Minas Gerais. And most politicians seem to think it's normal to give positions to relatives. Understand? They were raised that way and seem to think it's a right, because they won an election, to go handing out positions to friends and relatives.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence criticizes politicians who give positions to relatives.
- Neutral
Rogério Vilela
70:52
About: promote reforms to disentangle a corrupt political system
even with good intentions or wanting to change everything, the system is so corrupted.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence observes that the system in Brasília is rigged and hard to change.
- For
Desconhecido
71:06
About: test policies at the state level before expanding nationally
There's a centrão, there are people there who... But I did it in Minas Gerais. But isn't it different?
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence argues for testing policies on a smaller scale (Minas) before scaling up.
Romeu Zema
71:24
About: test policies at the state level before expanding nationally
then on a larger scale. Minas Gerais is 10% of Brazil. In 10% of Brazil, we've already proven a fairly heterogeneous state. There, like I told you, it's a piece of São Paulo, of Rio, of the Northeast and of the Center-West. A state that has all the samples of Brazil. Maybe it doesn't have the far North and the South.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence presents Minas as a laboratory because of its heterogeneity.
Romeu Zema
71:43
About: maintain a state administration free of corruption
But which does, then, we've already shown, seven and a half years without corruption.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims seven and a half years without scandal in Minas.
Romeu Zema
71:54
About: avoid populist measures of arbitrary salary increases
That governor of Minas, he raised the salary by 300%. There's nothing to say,
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence criticizes a previous populist salary increase that caused distortion.
Romeu Zema
72:05
About: correct state secretaries' salaries
They used to say they earned 7 thousand and actually earned 70. Today they earn 28 thousand, a secretary's salary... like in other states.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence defends secretaries' salaries being at a level similar to other states.
Romeu Zema
72:14
About: avoid populist measures that distort public finances
And a populist measure back then, from a career politician with all those vices, is what caused this distortion. So, I want to say here that it can be done. And there's one detail I also want to tell you here.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence attributes distortion to populist measures and advocates alternatives.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
73:09
About: propose a bill on energy mix and logistical mobility
go. There's a question here about Brazil's energy matrices. Sir, as president,
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence asks what project the candidate has for energy and logistics.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
73:36
About: diversify Brazil's energy matrix
Energy matrix. That, and mobility, logistics in general. Mobility, yes.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence enumerates an agenda item (energy matrix) without proposing concrete action.
Romeu Zema
73:53
About: diversify Brazil's energy matrix
I am totally in favor of us having a more diversified energy matrix.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence explicitly declares 'sou totalmente favorável' to a diversified matrix.
Romeu Zema
74:00
About: diversify Brazil's energy matrix
And this has been happening in Brazil and happened a lot in Minas Gerais during my administration.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that diversification occurred in Brazil and in Minas, without proposing actions.
Romeu Zema
74:06
About: diversify Brazil's energy matrix
In the seven years I was governor, we put into Minas Gerais the equivalent of an Itaipu in solar energy.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims his government's action ('nós colocamos') in favor of renewables.
Romeu Zema
74:20
About: diversify Brazil's energy matrix
which helped a lot to cover the deficit that Minas Gerais had; in fact, all of Minas' reservoirs, when I took office, were at the lowest level in history.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence credits a positive effect to the renewable generation implemented by his government.
Romeu Zema
74:36
About: diversify Brazil's energy matrix
new bridge and today all of them recovered. And then we have wind power, which is not the case in Minas, but many coastal states have a gigantic potential and I am also in favor of new hydroelectric constructions.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence explicitly says he is 'favorável a novas construções de hidroelétricas'.
Romeu Zema
74:54
About: diversify Brazil's energy matrix
which Brazil also has good potential for and that many eco-chiites prohibited in the past.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence criticizes past environmental bans and favors harnessing the potential.
Romeu Zema
75:02
About: prioritize investments in hydroelectric plants and other renewables instead of nuclear energy
Brazil ended up going down the path of nuclear energy, which is much, much more expensive, ten times more expensive than hydroelectric.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes the nuclear option as 'muito mais cara' and suggests an alternative.
Romeu Zema
75:12
About: diversify Brazil's energy matrix
investing in an energy that is questionable from a safety standpoint and could have made better investments in hydroelectric, which is renewable, is green and is what developed countries have sought. Including Norway and Sweden are examples of countries with this kind of matrix.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence advocates investment in hydro/renewables, citing international examples.
Romeu Zema
75:46
About: execute concessioned metropolitan road projects (e.g., BH ring road)
A year ago, we awarded the work on the Metropolitan Rodoanel of the Belo Horizonte region.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports the concession of the work without a normative approach in this speech.
Romeu Zema
76:10
About: declare projects of national interest to expedite execution
make it difficult to build large projects that sometimes will benefit millions of people.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence states that legal obstacles 'dificultam a construção' and need to change.
Romeu Zema
76:45
About: declare projects of national interest to enable their execution
For me, when a project is of collective interest, I, even as president, would like to create something like...
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence explicitly proposes creating an 'obra de interesse nacional' as a measure.
Romeu Zema
76:56
About: declare projects of national interest to expedite execution
And if it is considered as such, it won't be stopped because of the little oddball who lives there, it won't be stopped because of the so-called traditional community five kilometers away that says it is affected and won't be affected; the work will not remain unexecuted. Other countries, notably China and other Asian countries, have advanced. And here in Brazil, when you secure the funding, which is rare to do something, someone comes and stops it.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence argues against letting 'um bizorrinho' prevent a work of collective interest.
Romeu Zema
77:24
About: declare projects of national interest to expedite execution
That's why our mobility is such a terror in Brazil. We can't carry forward major infrastructure projects.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence attributes mobility problems to the inability to carry projects forward.
Romeu Zema
77:34
About: declare projects of national interest to expedite execution
We need to advance a lot in this area and make execution easier. The other day I heard a joke that said the following: when you go to do a project in Brazil, you need 5 engineers and 50 lawyers. Then things really don't move.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence explicitly states 'É necessário avançarmos ... e facilitar a execução'.
- For
Rogério Vilela
77:56
About: integrate and expand the national railway network
The outflow, I think I was talking a lot about the road network, the rail network, that we have a very large deficit here and not everything is connected by train, as it should be.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence points to a deficit in the rail network and the need for interconnection.
Romeu Zema
78:16
About: integrate and expand the national railway network
Yes, I fully agree, Vilela, I was in Rio Grande do Sul recently.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence agrees and reports an impact on logistics and transport costs due to lack of integration.
Romeu Zema
78:41
About: integrate and expand the national railway network
The railway we have down south is not connected with the railway you operate in the southeast. All this steel comes to Rio Grande do Sul by road, arrives much more expensive here, complicates logistics; when the road is closed you end up having delays, so it's...
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence reports that steel travels by road due to lack of rail connection; advocates investments.
Romeu Zema
79:06
About: privatize state-owned companies
It is essential that we make these investments. And then I return to privatizations.
Why it was classified this way · 95% confidence unequivocally declares 'Nós vamos privatizar Petrobras, Banco do Brasil, Caixa'.
Romeu Zema
79:12
About: use privatization proceeds to pay public debt and finance investments
We will privatize Petrobras, Banco do Brasil, Caixa, everything.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence justifies privatizations as a way to 'pagar a dívida e ... fazer investimentos'.
Romeu Zema
79:43
About: combat corruption and privileges that benefit elites
We have a good climate. The problem is not a lack of resources here. The problem here is an abundance of thieves.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence criticizes corruption ('sobra de ladrão') and contrasts it with popular suffering.
Romeu Zema
80:31
About: continue the pre-campaign and run for the presidency
make my position clear: I will carry my pre-campaign and campaign through to the end.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Clearly states 'vou levar a minha pré-campanha e campanha até o final'.
Romeu Zema
80:37
About: unite right-wing candidates in the second round against the left
And we on the right get along and we will all be together in the second round. Regardless of who goes.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Says explicitly that 'nós da direita ... estaremos todos juntos no segundo turno'.
Romeu Zema
81:03
About: unite right-wing candidates in the second round against the left
My right-wing colleagues and I will all be together against the PT in the second round. People can rest assured that we are colleagues.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Reaffirms the unity of the right against the PT (Workers' Party) in the second round.
Romeu Zema
83:21
About: investigate possible irregularities involving ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal)
that same feeling in me, Vilela, with regard to the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal).
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Criticizes ministers, says they don't want investigation, and calls for a probe.
Romeu Zema
83:45
About: investigate alleged irregularities and contracts involving STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) ministers
And a minister there in Brasília using his position so that his wife secures a contract of 129 million reais. Which is a lot of money.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Points to a 129-million contract linked to a minister's wife as an irregularity.
Romeu Zema
84:17
About: investigate alleged irregularities and contracts involving STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) ministers
And they don't want this to be investigated, they don't want the police to get involved in the matter.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence States that 'eles não querem que isso seja investigado', calling for an investigation.
Romeu Zema
87:43
About: guarantee freedom of expression
And in those conversations of ours, every now and then it would come up. The untouchables from Brasília. And they would say, let's make a little film. Do you understand?
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Explains the origin of the videos and defends satire as a legitimate form of criticism.
- For
Rogério Vilela
89:38
About: guarantee freedom of expression
But people know they are puppet videos, they're not real people. How can it be fake news if it's a drawing, it's an animation?
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence Questions banning satire ('Como pode ser fake news se é desenho?').
Romeu Zema
90:34
About: reduce media exposure of STF ministers and preserve judicial discretion
a Justice of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) wanting to become a star in the communications area? Because in other countries, whoever is a magistrate...
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Argues that magistrates should value discretion and not become 'estrelas'.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
95:06
About: treat STF ministers as untouchable
find it here, it was only one, he says that, Felipe Mendonça, he said like this, you call the STF ministers untouchable. For you, is the Bolsonaro family also untouchable with regard to your criticisms, because they don't harm you electorally?
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Is a question about the treatment of 'intocáveis', without explicit defense.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
95:21
About: align Partido Novo with Bolsonarism
Is Novo a party subservient to Bolsonarism?
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Asks whether Novo would be subservient to bolsonarismo, without giving a personal opinion.
Romeu Zema
95:27
About: hold politicians legally accountable
Good question. Well, first we have to remember that Bolsonaro is even detained. He's imprisoned. He's imprisoned, right? So, I think he doesn't have
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence States that Bolsonaro is imprisoned and is not 'intocável', arguing for accountability.
Romeu Zema
95:35
About: hold politicians legally accountable
untouchable, right? If he were untouchable, he wouldn't be imprisoned. No
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Continues to argue that the arrest shows the absence of 'intocabilidade'.
Romeu Zema
95:39
About: be criticized by bolsonarists
I have already received and continue receiving criticisms from many Bolsonarists.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Reports receiving criticism from Bolsonaro supporters without proposing action.
Romeu Zema
95:44
About: implement a national lockdown in a new pandemic
Also because I have different views. During the pandemic, in Minas Gerais, we closed several regions, cities, in the most critical period of the pandemic. So much so that Minas had one of the lowest death rates in Brazil during the pandemic, when measured per 100,000 inhabitants.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Claims 'nós fechamos' as a positive action of his government.
Romeu Zema
96:09
About: combat corruption
And we have much in common and many differences too, but I respect the president, I say that during his government there were no scandals.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Praises the absence of scandals in another government as a report, without proposing action.
Romeu Zema
96:23
About: reduce occurrence of scandals in public administration
I'm sure that if he had been at the helm of Brazil, very probably these scandals we are seeing would not have happened, or if they had, they would have been on a much smaller scale. And the other question is...
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Argues that under a certain government, scandals would be smaller or nonexistent.
Romeu Zema
96:38
About: publicly criticize the STF
Are you pro-Bolsonarist? The Novo people are attacking the STF. I'm not seeing the Bolsonarists attacking the STF, no. That's a very current difference.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Describes the difference between those who criticize the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) without taking a normative position.
Romeu Zema
96:56
About: maintain coherence and principles in Partido Novo
I've already said this, Novo is a coherent party, it's a party that has principles, that has values, we want those who have votes, but if those who have votes
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Argues that Novo has principles and coherence as party values.
Romeu Zema
97:12
About: position Partido Novo on the right, closer to bolsonarism than to PT
And we know that the big parties in Brazil today have many good people, but they also have a lot of rotten fruit. So, in Novo, we have this difference. And I think that gives security to the voter. Now, since Novo is a right-wing party, it will always be much closer to Bolsonarism than to the PT, to PSOL, without any doubt. Now, it has never been an arm. Moreover...
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Describes Novo's ideological orientation without proposing change.
Romeu Zema
97:39
About: not belong to the same party as Bolsonaro
Let's make it clear, I was never a member of the same party as Bolsonaro.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Denies party affiliation with Bolsonaro as a personal fact.
Romeu Zema
97:43
About: support Bolsonaro's reelection in 2022
Moreover, in 2022 I was reelected in the first round without Bolsonaro's support and even so I gave full support for him to continue the re-election attempt that unfortunately didn't succeed. And in Minas Gerais, between the first and second rounds of 2022,
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Claims to have given explicit support for re-election in 2022.
Romeu Zema
98:10
About: expand right-wing candidacies
I get along with him, I was with him in August, he wants us to have more candidates on the right, I respect him and I hope justice is done.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Supports having more candidates on the right, according to the account.
Romeu Zema
98:46
About: grant amnesty to participants in the January 8, 2023 demonstrations
People who participated in a demonstration being classified as attempting a coup d'état.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Criticizes the framing as a 'tentativa de golpe' and argues for amnesty.
Romeu Zema
98:59
About: punish acts of depredation and vandalism proportionally
there in Brasília, there were no shootings, no injured, no deaths. What happened was a demonstration, looting, vandalism, which needs punishment for that kind of action.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Advocates punishment for depredation, distinguishing it from a coup accusation.
Romeu Zema
99:16
About: reclassify January 8 as a demonstration and vandalism, not an attempted coup
Vandalism and looting, and not an attempt at a coup d'état.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Reaffirms that they were vandalism and depredation, not a coup.
Romeu Zema
99:21
About: grant amnesty to participants in the January 8, 2023 demonstrations
It's absurd that a gentleman who donated 500 reais to help with bus transport would get 20 years in prison. Only a totalitarian country acts that way.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Criticizes a 20-year sentence for donation and calls for amnesty/milder penalties.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
99:34
About: improve mining oversight and prevent dam disasters
There's a question here from Júlio César, he's saying the following: in view of the collapse of the Brumadinho dam in 2019, one of the country's greatest socio-environmental disasters, and considering that you were not there and you classified the episode as a crime and took emergency measures, what changed concretely in the oversight of mining in Minas Gerais since then? And why do tragedies like this still generate distrust among the population regarding the State's capacity to prevent new disasters. Wow, the guy
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Asks about concrete changes in oversight after Brumadinho.
Romeu Zema
100:08
About: strengthen oversight and measures to prevent dam disasters
Everything changed. I said when the Brumadinho tragedy happened, on January 25, 2019, in my first month as governor of Minas Gerais, that I would be the last governor of Minas to face that kind of tragedy.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Claims to have changed everything and promised to prevent new tragedies.
Romeu Zema
100:26
About: strengthen legislation and oversight on dams to prevent disasters
We enacted the Mar de Lama Nunca Mais Law, which was approved in record time by the Assembly and since then...
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Cites the approval of 'Lei Mar de Lama Nunca Mais' as a government action.
Romeu Zema
100:35
About: decommission risky dams
Every dam that poses a risk is being decommissioned.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Declares that risky dams are being decommissioned.
Romeu Zema
100:41
About: decommission risky dams
or dismantled, to be more understandable, of the 57 that posed risk, 18 no longer exist. And the others are in the process of being decharacterized. They are millions and millions of tons.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Reports progress (18 of 57 already removed) in the decommissioning policy.
Romeu Zema
100:59
About: prevent dam disasters
You can't remove that, even using many loaders and trucks, from one year to the next. But every day that passes, Minas Gerais becomes safer. And, God willing, we will not have such events.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence States that Minas will be safer and aims to prevent new events.
Romeu Zema
101:37
About: maintain integrity in the process of obtaining citizenship
citizenship. They went after my citizenship. See? There was no corruption.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Denies corruption/fraud in his case, a personal defense statement.
Romeu Zema
101:45
About: clarify irregularities in outsourced contracts without personal involvement
There was indeed a problem when I went, and remember first that I have the citizenship. If it had been fraud, I wouldn't have obtained it.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Explains that the notary office committed fraud, distancing himself from the act.
Romeu Zema
101:57
About: clarify irregularities in outsourced contracts without personal involvement
made an agreement with a notary office in Italy to be able to make my citizenship and that of dozens of other people possible, and that notary committed fraud.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Attributes the problem to an agreement with a notary office that committed fraud.
Romeu Zema
102:09
About: clarify irregularities in outsourced contracts without personal involvement
Imagine if the notary where you go to get your birth certificate commits fraud.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Uses an analogy to justify distancing from direct responsibility.
Romeu Zema
102:16
About: clarify irregularities in outsourced contracts without personal involvement
Are you involved in the notary scandal? I think I don't need to answer anything else. Let's go to the next one. Let's go.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Concludes a personal defense and asks to move on to the next question.
- For
Rogério Vilela
102:26
About: coordinate the party's internal communication
would say that Zema's team should not be speaking out. The guys like that.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Instructs Zema's team to 'não fique se manifestando'.
Romeu Zema
103:05
About: acknowledge scandals within one's own government
I would ask both the following: how many scandals were there in your government? Lula wouldn't know how to count and Bolsonaro would say zero.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Provokes opponents to recount scandals, encouraging them to acknowledge them.
Romeu Zema
103:55
About: lower the minimum working age to 14 years
And unfortunately in Brazil the idea developed that young people cannot work. I know that studying is a priority.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Criticizes the prohibition and advocates changing it to allow light juvenile work.
Romeu Zema
104:03
About: lower the minimum working age to 14 years
but every child can be helping with simple tasks.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Argues that children should be allowed to help with simple tasks, reiterating the change.
Romeu Zema
104:26
About: lower the minimum working age to 14 years
So, today is Labor Day and here in Brazil it seems the left created this notion that working harms children. Abroad, in the United States, children go out delivering newspapers, they get I don't know how many cents for each paper delivered, in the time they have.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Uses an international example to justify allowing light juvenile work.
Romeu Zema
104:47
About: lower the minimum working age to 14 years
Prohibited, you're enslaving the child, so it's regrettable, but I think, I'm sure we'll change that.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Promises to change the prohibition and calls it 'escravizar criança', supporting flexibilization.
Romeu Zema
106:33
About: prioritize savings and fiscal discipline
When you have a financial reserve, when you're healthy, you deal much better with the problems that will arise than someone who has no reserve and no health. So, prioritize health, always save, and it seems that under the PT government that hasn't been happening.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Advocates 'sempre poupar' and criticizes the PT government for not doing so.
Romeu Zema
106:57
About: combat corruption and privileges that benefit elites
Brazil is, yes, a country that's been robbed here. Very robbed. You understand?
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Attributes the country's lag to corruption and calls for confronting it.
Romeu Zema
107:36
About: elect a president with credibility and no corrupt ties
I say that when we have a president with credibility...
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Defends a president without 'rabo preso' as a condition for change.
Romeu Zema
107:48
About: end 'mamata' practices in government
And I'm not running to be president to win, to give out positions, no. I'm running to make the necessary changes.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Promises not to run for office but to make the necessary changes.
Romeu Zema
108:00
About: replace 'untouchable' politicians with new representatives
We'll see in October whether we'll continue with those untouchables.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Proposes to remove the 'intocáveis' from power in October's elections.
Romeu Zema
108:37
About: publish government spending and acts in full
Go to the transparency portal of Minas Gerais.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Invites people to access the transparency portal and defends accountability.
Romeu Zema
108:42
About: publish government spending and acts in full
Everything I spent as governor is there. The flights I took on government aircraft are all there, they are published the following month. It's not a hundred years later, like they do in Brasília, no.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence States that all expenses and flights are published on the portal.
Romeu Zema
108:56
About: publish government spending and acts in full
Where I flew to, who went with me and what I went to do.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Details that flights and companions were published as part of accountability.
Romeu Zema
109:02
About: publish government spending and acts in full
of a personal nature. I could have, as governor, used the plane to go see my family. I didn't.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Denies use of flights for personal purposes, reinforcing transparency.
Romeu Zema
109:08
About: publish government spending and acts in full
I only used the government aircraft for work.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence States he used an aircraft only for work and provided accounting.
Romeu Zema
109:13
About: publish government spending and acts in full
I was the governor of Minas who drove the most in the interior, who visited the most cities, 420.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Lists trips and presence in cities as proof of accountability.
Romeu Zema
109:20
About: publish government spending and acts in full
I went to half of the cities in Minas Gerais.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Reports covering half of the cities as part of accountability.
Romeu Zema
109:24
About: publish government spending and acts in full
including to check on the condition of the roads.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Says he visited roads to inspect them, in a tone of accountability.
Romeu Zema
109:27
About: publish government spending and acts in full
Governor who flew the most on commercial flights.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence States having used commercial flights when appropriate, reinforcing transparency.
Romeu Zema
109:30
About: publish government spending and acts in full
I went to Brasília and São Paulo several times on commercial flights, despite having a plane. There was a schedule that coincided, why would I take the plane?
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Emphasizes accountability for official travel.
Romeu Zema
109:42
About: end the secret budget
No secrecy. It's full accounting, transparency. But
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Promises 'nenhum sigilo' and full accountability explicitly.
Romeu Zema
110:24
About: eliminate secrecy and improper use of corporate cards
And with me this issue of corporate card secrecy ends. It ends. With me it ends.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Promises to end the corporate card and secrecy clearly.
Romeu Zema
110:37
About: align foreign policy with the United States
Brazil will stay with the West. We are Western.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Declares a preference to keep Brazil aligned with the West.
Romeu Zema
110:48
About: pursue a diplomatic and strategic foreign policy
The whole country will be treated with a red carpet.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Says that 'todo o país será tratado com tapete vermelho', arguing for openness.
Romeu Zema
111:29
About: distance Brazil from authoritarian regimes
And we have a government that got close to dictatorships. Let's make another point about the PT and Lula as well.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Criticizes rapprochement with dictatorships and cites Maduro/Chávez negatively.
Romeu Zema
112:14
About: avoid economic policies that cause recession
The most difficult moment of my life and my career was caused by Dilma, by the PT and by Lula.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Attributes the difficult moment to the PT (Workers' Party) administration, advocating opposing policies.
Romeu Zema
112:26
About: report the effects of the economic recession
I don't know if you were employed anywhere then; Brazil had the biggest recession in history.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Reports the historic recession as fact without proposing immediate action.
Romeu Zema
113:12
About: reduce unemployment
And it couldn't be otherwise. In those two years, Brazil lost almost 3 million formal jobs.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Cites the loss of nearly 3 million jobs as a factual statement, without proposing action.
Romeu Zema
113:43
About: enter politics to promote changes in public management
So that was the worst. And that's what made me go into politics.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Says explicitly 'isso é que me fez ir para a política' as his motivation.
Romeu Zema
113:46
About: combat corruption and privileges that benefit elites
I realized that it doesn't help to study a lot, be a good professional, or build a good business if you're in a country run by corrupt people.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Says the country is 'administrado por corruptos' and presents this as a problem to combat.
Romeu Zema
116:12
About: govern with seriousness and ethics
Because my life was to show that it's possible to do things differently, to do them within the law, to do them without harming others.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Claims his life showed 'dar para fazer dentro da lei' and without harming others.
Romeu Zema
117:27
About: strengthen the State's governance and seriousness
daughter who lives in London and whom I dream will return to Brazil, which will be the country of opportunities, God willing, with a serious, ethical and committed government.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Wishes Brazil to be a 'país das oportunidades' with 'um governo sério, ético e comprometido.'
Romeu Zema
118:05
About: be elected and govern to contribute to Brazil
If I'm elected, I'll be extremely satisfied, because I'll be able to contribute a lot to Brazil. And if I'm not?
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Clearly states 'Se eu for eleito... vou poder contribuir muito com o Brasil.'
- Neutral
Desconhecido
119:02
About: support Lula in the runoff
Not making it to the second round, as far as I understand, right, Lênia? He will support Lula in the second round. From what I understood from the conversation. I think that was it.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Says, as a personal view, that he 'vai apoiar o Lula no segundo turno'.
Romeu Zema
119:45
About: initiate negotiations to choose a vice-presidential running mate
90 days ahead. In about 90 days those decisions will be happening.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence gives a deadline and says they are 'começando as conversas' about a running mate, describing the process.
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