Debate1st round · August 17, 2026· Band

DEBATE NA BAND: GOVERNO DE MINAS GERAIS | ÍNTEGRA

Debate with Gabriel Azevedo, Cleitinho Azevedo, Alexandre Kalil and others · 1,330 statements transcribed and classified · about state public debt, public health and hospital infrastructure, national security, education. Click a statement to hear that moment in the video.

O primeiro debate entre candidatos ao governo de Minas Gerais colocou frente a frente, na noite deste domingo (16), Mateus Simões (PSD), Cleitinho Azevedo (Republicanos), Alexandre Kalil (PDT), Gabriel Azevedo (MDB) e Flávio Roscoe (PL). Ao longo dos blocos, os candidatos discutiram a situação fiscal do estado, a renegociação da dívida com a União, mineração, privatizações, concessões de rodovias e segurança pública. O candidato do PT, Patrus Ananias, não participou. Segundo sua assessoria, o petista tinha compromisso em São Paulo relacionado ao lançamento da candidatura do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) à reeleição.

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  1. Desconhecido

    "Um."
  2. Desconhecido

    "...of our election season, this music that blends with the history of redemocratization and also of electoral debates under a special direction by maestro João Carlos Martins."
  3. Desconhecido

    "I'm sure our candidates here enjoyed it, and I hope you who are following us did as well."
  4. Desconhecido

    "Hello, good evening to you, welcome here to the TV Bande Minas studio in Belo Horizonte."
  5. Desconhecido

    "Grupo Bandeirantes, once again, maintains the tradition of being the broadcaster that opens the season of electoral debates."
  6. Desconhecido

    "Today the meeting is with the candidates for the government of Minas Gerais, in one of the most important contests in the country."
  7. Desconhecido

    "A fundamental moment for the voter to learn about proposals, compare ideas and also follow the exchange of opposing views between those who intend to govern our State for the next four years."
  8. Desconhecido

    "I am Lucas Cata Preta and it's a pleasure to have your company here with us this Sunday."
  9. Desconhecido

    "Thank you very much to you who watch us on TV Band Minas, on TV Band Triângulo, also live on Band News TV, on our YouTube channel, on the Band Minas page and also on Band Play."
  10. Desconhecido

    "Along with us are also the Fast TV channels of Band News, bringing this debate to millions, even 50 million television sets."
  11. Desconhecido

    "connected across Brazil."
  12. Desconhecido

    "And to you who listen to us on Band News FM radio, on the traditional dial, at 89.5 FM, our sincere thanks for the audience."
  13. Desconhecido

    "Over the next hours, the candidates will have the opportunity to present their proposals, confront positions and answer questions about the main challenges here in our beloved Minas Gerais."
  14. Desconhecido

    "And it is up to the voter, to you, to us, voters, to evaluate, reflect and decide which project is the most prepared, the most suitable."
  15. Desconhecido

    "to steer the destiny of our State here."
  16. Desconhecido

    "Let's now, together with the candidates, learn the rules and the dynamics that govern this encounter."
  17. Desconhecido

    "The debate will have four blocks."
  18. Desconhecido

    "In the first block, the candidates answer a single question, the same for everyone."
  19. Desconhecido

    "The response time is 1 minute and 30 seconds and the order was determined by drawing lots."
  20. Desconhecido

    "Next, a thematic debate with 10 pre-defined topics."
  21. Desconhecido

    "The first to ask was determined by lot."
  22. Desconhecido

    "Each candidate asks once and answers once."
  23. Desconhecido

    "Questions must be asked within 30 seconds, the answer within up to 2 minutes, the rebuttal up to 1 minute and 30 seconds and the counter-rebuttal up to 1 minute."
  24. Desconhecido

    "In the second block, direct confrontation between the candidates with free topics."
  25. Desconhecido

    "Each one asks once and answers once."
  26. Desconhecido

    "The first to ask was determined by lot."
  27. Desconhecido

    "Questions must be asked within 30 seconds."
  28. Desconhecido

    "The answer has up to 2 minutes, the rebuttal up to 1 minute and 30 seconds and the counter-rebuttal up to 1 minute."
  29. Desconhecido

    "In the third block, journalists from Bande Minas ask questions to the candidates."
  30. Desconhecido

    "The journalist will also indicate one or another candidate to comment on the answer."
  31. Desconhecido

    "Each candidate may respond and comment only once."
  32. Desconhecido

    "Questions will be made within 30 seconds, the answer will be within up to 2 minutes and the comment within up to 1 minute."
  33. Desconhecido

    "In the fourth and final block, a new direct confrontation between the candidates."
  34. Desconhecido

    "The first to ask was determined by lot."
  35. Desconhecido

    "Everyone asks and answers once."
  36. Desconhecido

    "Questions must be asked within 30 seconds, the answer within up to 1 minute and 30 seconds and the rebuttal within up to 1 minute."
  37. Desconhecido

    "The counter-rebuttal must be made within up to 45 seconds."
  38. Desconhecido

    "Closing the debate, the final considerations."
  39. Desconhecido

    "The order will be the reverse of that of the first block."
  40. Desconhecido

    "Each candidate will have up to one and a half minutes."

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