Romeu Zema: Because you hire someone you already know, who you know has quality, a price, and will deliver on time.
Romeu Zema: Before you held a bidding process, the runner-up would go to court, 'no, the first can't because of this, because of that.'
So I say that Brazil is throwing away an opportunity to develop, having capital that is scarce tied up in state-owned companies.
Romeu Zema: The government... does not have resources to invest in infrastructure.
Romeu Zema: And what Brazilians want is improvements in hospitals, health clinics, and roads.