Interview1st round · August 24, 2026· CNN

ENTREVISTA COM GABRIEL AZEVEDO (MDB) AO GOVERNO DE MG | CNN ELEIÇÕES

Interview with Gabriel Azevedo · 87 statements transcribed and classified · about fiscal and social policy, urban mobility and logistics, environment / infrastructure, electoral program. Click a statement to hear that moment in the video.

A CNN Brasil dá início, neste mês de agosto, a uma série de entrevistas com candidatos aos governos estaduais dentro de sua cobertura para as eleições deste ano. Em Minas Gerais, as conversas serão transmitidas ao vivo, às 21h10, no YouTube.

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  1. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: align growth of public spending with revenue variation

    "We need to take care of the finances in order to take care of the people."
  2. Gabriel Azevedo

    Neutral

    About: reduce the public deficit

    "When Fernando Pimentel's government ended, we had a large public deficit and little responsibility with debt repayment."
  3. Gabriel Azevedo

    Neutral

    About: reduce the public deficit

    "We are owing almost twice as much and the government is forecasting 7 billion in deficit for next year."
  4. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: renegotiate states' debt with the Union via Propag (complementary law)

    "We have to adhere to Propag, which was a very well-done negotiation with the presidency of the Assembly, which is also from the Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, and we must take great care to make expenditures rise as revenue rises, and not the other way around."
  5. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: align growth of public spending with revenue variation

    "We cannot maintain what the current government is planning for next year, which is to spend more than it collects."
  6. Gabriel Azevedo

    Neutral

    About: renegotiate states' debt with the Union via Propag (complementary law)

    "So everyone is on the same page, at the end of last year, Minas Gerais recognized 179.3 billion reais."
    Fiscal and Social PolicyGabriel's profile
  7. Gabriel Azevedo

    Neutral

    About: renegotiate states' debt with the Union via Propag (complementary law)

    "Propag gave us eight conditions to renegotiate that debt."
  8. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: renegotiate states' debt with the Union via Propag (complementary law)

    "I accept the one that provides for zero interest on the installments."
  9. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: renegotiate states' debt with the Union via Propag (complementary law)

    "But for that there has to be an amortization of 20% already, that is, 35 billion reais, and we have to balance the spending."
  10. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: align growth of public spending with revenue variation

    "So the first point is to do things differently from this government that is spending more than it raises, as the previous government did."
  11. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: dialogue with the federal government

    "And more than that, we have to do something the government is not doing: engage in dialogue with the federal government."
  12. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: dialogue with the federal government

    "The governor of Minas Gerais cannot simply keep fighting with the President of the Republic."
  13. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: transform Palácio das Mangabeiras into a public space

    "Now, there is one thing this government did that I will keep, which is not using the Palácio das Mangabeiras as an official residence."
  14. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: transform Palácio das Mangabeiras into a public space

    "The Palácio will serve as a space of memory and public use for the people of Minas."
  15. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: improve the quality of education

    "Quality education, healthcare that works, mobility that transports us with quality, without necessarily spending so much time on pointless fights."
    EducationGabriel's profileView this statement
  16. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: maintain MDB's party neutrality in the presidential election

    "The MDB decided on neutrality and I will follow the MDB's neutrality."
  17. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: improve infrastructure

    "And when I state that I want to build railways — there are already 20 billion in the federal government for those who want to build railways in Minas Gerais — I want the voter from Minas to pay attention to that point."
  18. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: sign a pact to confront femicide

    "When I say I want to solve femicide, and I need to make an agreement with the federal government and sign the pact against femicide, I want the voter from Minas to pay attention to that."
  19. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: improve the public health network (hospitals and UBS)

    "Because when I say we must have a queue that is visible and that a family does not receive a message after the patient is dead to perform the surgery, I'm not making here a judgement about a surgery being left or right, pro-Lula or pro-Bolsonaro."
  20. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: launch the Mission party's pure-blood candidacy

    "And, of course, I very much hoped our party would have a candidate to represent that plan."
  21. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: launch the Mission party's pure-blood candidacy

    "That was not possible in 2026, but I talk a lot with President Baleia Rossi and with other members of the party so that in 2030 this does not happen again."
  22. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: launch the Mission party's pure-blood candidacy

    "It is essential that in four years our party's project manages at the ballot box to have the representation of a name."
  23. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: launch the Mission party's pure-blood candidacy

    "And that is also why I will work over the next four years."
  24. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: participate in debates, interviews and candidate forums during the campaign

    "About Zema, look... What I can say is the following: as a candidate I will be present at every interview, every grilling, every debate."
  25. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: integrate fare system and implement free-pass policies

    "Urban mobility was the theme of my dissertation at the London School of Economics, and as a city councilor I in fact implemented Zero Fare in Belo Horizonte."
  26. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: integrate fare system and implement free-pass policies

    "Zero Fare for housing estates and favelas, Zero Fare for high school students, Zero Fare for women victims of violence, for those undergoing cancer treatment and for those seeking employment."
  27. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: subsidize public transport conditioned on quality commitments to users

    "This zero fare came with the implementation of subsidies for the city's public transport system, in which I fought hard as a councilor for it not to be simply a benefit for the sector, but to be linked to compensatory measures of quality for the user."
  28. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: subsidize public transport conditioned on quality commitments to users

    "Air conditioning on buses, vehicles of quality, longer service hours, because anyone who studies mobility on the planet realizes the State needs to subsidize."
  29. Gabriel Azevedo

    Neutral

    About: subsidize public transport conditioned on quality commitments to users

    "My friend, when this current government began, in 2019, there were about 6 billion reais in subsidies and tax incentives."
    Public BudgetGabriel's profile
  30. Gabriel Azevedo

    Neutral

    About: subsidize public transport conditioned on quality commitments to users

    "Currently, we are talking about 26 billion reais in subsidies and incentives projected for next year."
    Public BudgetGabriel's profile
  31. Gabriel Azevedo

    Neutral

    About: publish government spending and acts in full

    "The most recent transparency on the matter only came about because of a court ruling."
  32. Gabriel Azevedo

    Neutral

    About: publish government spending and acts in full

    "And then you see that one of the companies benefited is the family company of former governor Romeu Zema."
  33. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: publish government spending and acts in full

    "Therefore, one of the proposals we've developed, including with Marcos Lisboa, who has a very clear view of the effect of subsidies on Brazil, is to make everything very clear within 100 days."
  34. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: subsidize public transport to guarantee access for students and vulnerable groups

    "How are you subsidizing and incentivizing some sectors while there are students who stop going to school because they don't have money to pay the fare?"
  35. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: subsidize public transport to guarantee access for students and vulnerable groups

    "But subsidizing the system to ensure that no one misses school because they can't pay is something that does advance society."
  36. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: integrate fare system and implement free-pass policies

    "But there's one thing we have to implement right away: fare integration."
  37. Gabriel Azevedo

    Neutral

    About: integrate fare system and implement free-pass policies

    "The metropolitan fare here, which is operated by the state government, ranges from about R$ 9 to R$ 32."
    Urban Mobility and LogisticsGabriel's profile
  38. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: integrate fare system and implement free-pass policies

    "As governor, our... proposal is much more than zero-fare for some groups that need it."
  39. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: integrate fare system and implement free-pass policies

    "Yes, and it doesn't strain the overall budget; on the contrary, it's an investment that guarantees more education, more access, more integration for those who need it most, involves smart cost management and greater use of modern urban planning policies to secure funding for the system."
  40. Gabriel Azevedo

    For

    About: promote densification and urban planning around transport stations

    "You see that Belo Horizonte's metro... it has wasteful land use."

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