Mateus Simões: And an evolution that even seems, in some way, natural.
Mateus Simões: The former governor Romeu Zema's first term was about getting the accounts in order.
I was part of that rebalancing that allowed us to pay salaries, pay bills, and have public services functioning.
Mateus Simões: The second term, in 2022, when we were elected in the first round, was about employment.
Mateus Simões: And we went from a situation that was worse than the Brazilian average to the second-lowest unemployment in Brazil, the lowest in the Southeast, the lowest historical unemployment rate in Minas Gerais.