Veja Em Foco sabatina Ronaldo Caiado, candidato do PSD à Presidência

"on Veja Mais, on YouTube and on Veja's website."

"The interview lasts 45 minutes."

"Candidate, you are very welcome."

"Thank you for participating with us, sir."

"Have a great evening."

"I'm the one who should be thanking you, Marcela, for the opportunity to speak to Veja magazine and to everyone watching us on TV and on YouTube."

"Well, joining me in this interview is José Benedito, Politics editor."

"José, welcome."

"Good evening."

"Good evening, Marcela."

"Good evening, candidate."

"It's a pleasure to have you on the program, sir."

"Thank you for taking part in our interview."

"And also Diogo Schelp, columnist and editor at Veja."

"Schelp, good evening."

"Welcome as well."

"Good evening, Marcela."

"Good evening, candidate."

"And good evening to the entire audience."

"I want to extend my greetings and also thank José Benedito and our friend Diogo Schelp."

"Very well."

"Candidate, well, I'll begin by talking about the cases involving Daniel Forcaro."

About: investigate suspicious campaign donations

"He said in a plea-bargain proposal that the donations made to Tarcísio's and also Bolsonaro's campaigns in 2022 were bribes negotiated with his running mate, Gilberto Kassab, who is the president of the PSD."

About: investigate the source of campaign financing

"In total, the transfers amounted to 5 million."

"Did you speak with him about this?"

About: investigate suspicious campaign donations

"He has already gone public to say clearly, both he and Tarcísio, that none of that happened."

About: investigate suspicious campaign donations

"And the information that came was that even the Federal Police and the Prosecutor's Office had not even accepted it."

About: investigate suspicious campaign donations

"Now, they have already come forward and explained."

About: thoroughly investigate possible irregularities regardless of who is investigated

"Any other question that is raised will need to be addressed, but the accusation must be solid."

"But do you think there could be something, or, beyond his denial, that an investigation needs to be conducted?"

About: investigate corruption allegations by the STF and the PGR

"Look, it's not about denying; this should be handled precisely by the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) and, at the same time, by the Procuradoria-Geral da República."

About: investigate corruption allegations by the STF and the PGR

"The evidence must be presented."

About: conduct a broad, independent investigation by competent institutions

"The proceedings cannot be a process of machismo; they have to be well-founded."

About: investigate and judge corruption allegations at the STF

"If it is well-founded, it will be up to the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) to give the opinion and deliver the verdict."

"What I have felt strongly, Marcela,"

About: make corruption investigations public

"is that we, the voters, have the right to see all these cases taken out of secrecy and made known to the entire population."

About: increase transparency and accountability of the federal government to citizens

"Because it would be a betrayal of Brazilian democracy to vote for someone who tomorrow you will discover is involved in corruption."

About: make corruption investigations public

"So, what I think — as happened in the case of Banco Master, Dark Horse, the INSS situation — all of this should come to light."

About: make corruption investigations public

"Voters have already said in polls that were carried out, saying, look, if I see that my candidate is involved in corruption, I will change my vote."

"So, at this time, I want to ask everyone following me to Google Ronaldo Caiado, please, Google Ronaldo Caiado."