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What Romeu Zema said about avoid contracting new state-level loans and financing

About: avoid contracting new state-level loans and financing

Romeu Zema: The debt in nominal terms rose, but proportionally it is much smaller than it was when I took office.

Romeu Zema: The State's payment capacity is much greater.

And I didn't incur a single real of debt.

Romeu Zema · 2:24

Romeu Zema: Everything that the State of Minas owes today was debt created prior to my tenure.

Romeu Zema: The only documents I didn't sign during my entire time as governor were loans and financing agreements, also because Minas still doesn't have a credit rating.

Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence

States he did not take on new debt during his term as a defense of his management.

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