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SABATINA: ROMEU ZEMA - Inteligência Ltda. Podcast #1923
268 classified statements · 1 politicians · September 3, 2026 · 133 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 268 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Public Service, Public Health / Public Safety, Education, Monetary Policy.
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Romeu Zema
6:15
About: recover public services and state finances
I took over a broken, bankrupt, ruined state that paid salaries and pensions in three installments and... Five months ago I handed over a tidy state to my successor, with the accounts in order; what was a graveyard of abandoned, unfinished works is today a large construction site under way.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims to have left the state with the accounts in order as a result of their management.
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Romeu Zema
6:44
About: expand the public healthcare network
And one of the things I am most proud of is how much we improved healthcare in Minas.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says 'nós melhoramos a saúde', citing UBSs as government action.
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Romeu Zema
6:53
About: expand the public healthcare network
More than 400 UBS, Basic Health Units.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence cites the construction of 'mais de 400 UBS' as a government achievement.
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Romeu Zema
7:11
About: improve the quality of education
We improved education, the school meals and, of course, the security indicators.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence says 'melhoramos a educação', claiming it as government action.
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Romeu Zema
7:24
About: stimulate economic activity
IBGE indicated that during the Zema government the flow was the opposite, Brazilians moving to Minas Gerais.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports an IBGE growth figure without proposing new action.
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Romeu Zema
8:34
About: combat corruption and impunity
Vilela, those who follow me know that it's probably been a year since I've been fighting these untouchables.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence says they have been fighting 'esses intocáveis' for about a year.
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Romeu Zema
9:02
About: investigate and punish abuse of authority by members of the Judiciary
If a first-instance judge had done what this gentleman Alexandre de Moraes did, that judge could never continue performing his function.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence argues the law should apply to everyone and that magistrates be held accountable.
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Romeu Zema
10:01
About: investigate and punish abuse of authority by members of the Judiciary
For me, this is not just a case of expelling him, no.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence rules out mere expulsion and calls for harsher punishment.
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Romeu Zema
10:21
About: investigate and punish corruption in public administration
He even wanted to arrange a contract for his wife, just because of his position, because nobody gets that kind of contract in Brazil, in the amount of 129 million.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence accuses the minister of favoring a contract for his wife and lying about it.
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Romeu Zema
10:45
About: investigate and punish corruption in public administration
That it was on his computer that the contract was.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence alleges the contract was edited on the minister's computer, calling for investigation.
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Romeu Zema
10:53
About: investigate the use of intermediaries tied to politicians in contracts
Calls from the biggest criminal banker in history, Daniel Vorcaro.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence mentions links between a minister and a detained banker, suggesting investigation.
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Romeu Zema
12:08
About: combat corruption and impunity
And what I did in Minas was that.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states that their main platform is combating corruption.
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Romeu Zema
14:32
About: reelection of the President of the Senate
And I'm rooting for that president not to be re-elected.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence declares 'torcendo para esse presidente não ser reeleito'.
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Romeu Zema
14:46
About: open impeachment proceedings against STF ministers
And there's no other route but the Senate for impeachment.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Says the constitutional path is to bring impeachment to the Senate.
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Romeu Zema
14:53
About: renew the composition of the Senate
And I'm confident we'll have a good renewal in the Senate on October 4th.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Expresses confidence in renewal of the Senate in the elections.
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Romeu Zema
15:12
About: investigate irregularities and transfers involving Banco Master
His state's pension fund was one of those that did business with Banco Master.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Suggests that pension fund deals explain the defense of the investigations.
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Romeu Zema
15:50
About: investigate and hold those involved in financial scandals accountable
But the sold-out politicians, who appoint the board of directors, those profited in some way to put their money, my money and that of those following us here and there.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Cites a shortfall at BRB and accuses politicians of profiting, demanding accountability.
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Romeu Zema
17:00
About: preserve and recover the credibility of the Judiciary
And then they take up the issue of Justice André Mendonça, whom I... I respect and admire.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Declares respect and admiration for André Mendonça, defending him from comparisons.
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Romeu Zema
17:29
About: treat STF ministers as untouchable
And then he met with the criminal banker in an institutional capacity.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Argues the service was institutional and not secret, asking for distinction.
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Romeu Zema
17:49
About: preserve and recover the credibility of the Judiciary
André Mendonça is another level, far superior to those who took a free ride.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Says André Mendonça is 'outro nível', distinguishing him from others.
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Romeu Zema
19:59
About: develop a local mining and processing chain for rare earths
Ninety percent of rare earths processing today is done in China.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Reports dependence on China for processing but does not propose a concrete measure.
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Romeu Zema
20:46
About: present a public government plan
What you can't have is no plan.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Reiterates there must be a public government plan.
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Romeu Zema
20:47
About: present a public government plan
You may not agree with their plan, but they have to have a plan.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Argues that even if people disagree, a politician must have a plan.
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Romeu Zema
20:59
About: carry out mineral processing and beneficiation in Brazil
Vilela, I always like to say that rare earths here in Brazil need to follow a path similar to the one Brazil followed and was very successful at, which is the case of niobium.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Proposes following the niobium example and mastering national technology.
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Romeu Zema
24:21
About: carry out mineral processing and beneficiation in Brazil
So I say that mastering the technology is fundamental, because Brazil cannot continue making the same mistakes of the past, as still happens with mining, which I am sad to see, with iron ore.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Says mastering the technology is fundamental and criticizes exporting raw ore.
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Romeu Zema
24:39
About: carry out mineral processing and beneficiation in Brazil
Iron ore in Minas undergoes beneficiation and is exported with little added value.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Reports that iron ore is minimally processed and exported at low value.
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Romeu Zema
24:56
About: carry out mineral processing and beneficiation in Brazil
So, for me, that's not the way.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence States that exporting raw ore 'não é o caminho'.
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Romeu Zema
25:00
About: ensure legal certainty for extraction and processing of minerals in Brazil
The way is for us to provide full legal security to whoever is extracting.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Argues for providing legal certainty to those who extract and industrialize.
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Romeu Zema
25:08
About: coordinate federal universities for applied research on strategic minerals
For whoever is processing, industrializing rare earths here in Brazil, involve the federal universities to help with research.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Proposes involving federal universities in research on rare earths.
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Romeu Zema
25:21
About: coordinate federal universities for applied research on strategic minerals
That was done in the case of niobium; federal universities also participated.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that federal universities participated in the niobium case.
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Romeu Zema
25:40
About: offer public financing for strategic industrial projects
If it's a solid project that stands on its own, the government has to step in as a financing agent.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states that 'o governo tem de entrar como agente financiador'.
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Romeu Zema
25:50
About: promote development of a national value chain for energy and mining
So I say that the path rare earths will follow is the same that lithium has also followed in Minas Gerais — for those who don't know, during my tenure as governor we created the Vale do Lítio (Lithium Valley).
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims to have created the Lithium Valley during his administration.
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Romeu Zema
26:39
About: build an industrial mineral processing park in the Vale do Jequitinhonha
During my administration, we brought several lithium companies to that region, to the Vale do Jequitinhonha, which created thousands of direct and indirect jobs.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says he attracted lithium companies and created local jobs.
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Romeu Zema
26:53
About: build an industrial mineral processing park in the Vale do Jequitinhonha
And that region, which was the least developed in Minas, was the one that grew the most.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence attributes regional growth to policies implemented during his administration.
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Romeu Zema
27:00
About: build an industrial mineral processing park in the Vale do Jequitinhonha
In job openings, in job generation, proportionally to the population in the last five or six years.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence cites job creation as a result of his actions.
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Romeu Zema
27:40
About: promote development of a national value chain for energy and mining
And to add value to the companies that are there in the Lithium Valley, in the Vale do Jequitinhonha.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence declares a commitment to add value to local companies.
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Romeu Zema
27:46
About: promote development of a national value chain for energy and mining
To have the commitment to, over time, keep adding value until we reach a battery, which is the product with the highest added value, in the case of lithium.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence commits to adding value up to producing higher-value batteries.
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Romeu Zema
28:07
About: strengthen oversight and accountability for environmental crimes
And remembering that all environmental care has been taken; the companies... are subjected to the same scrutiny.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence states that companies are subject to environmental scrutiny.
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Romeu Zema
28:18
About: strengthen oversight and accountability for environmental crimes
Recall that I was the governor, Vilela, who faced the last major environmental disaster in Minas, which was the Brumadinho tragedy, which happened in my first month in office.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims to have confronted Brumadinho as governor.
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Romeu Zema
28:31
About: strengthen oversight and accountability for environmental crimes
And I said, Minas Gerais will never face that again.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence promises that Minas 'nunca mais' will face tragedies like Brumadinho.
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Romeu Zema
28:35
About: strengthen oversight and accountability for environmental crimes
And since then, the state has only become safer.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence claims the state became safer after measures were adopted.
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Romeu Zema
28:39
About: promote dam-free mining technologies (filtering) to reduce risks
And with these companies, which have even adopted... filtration mining technology, which no longer uses reservoirs, dams — the risk is infinitely smaller.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence mentions filtration technology that removes reservoirs and reduces risk.
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Romeu Zema
28:54
About: strengthen oversight and accountability for environmental crimes
So, care for the environment is being exercised.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence argues that environmental care should be exercised in mining operations.
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Romeu Zema
28:57
About: adjust environmental preservation policies to prioritize local well-being
And we must remember that Brazil, due to the eco-Chiites, has already made many mistaken decisions that harmed... economic development and also the environment, as unbelievable as it may seem.
Why it was classified this way · 55% confidence criticizes 'eco-chiítas' and past decisions, with no concrete policy proposed.
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Romeu Zema
29:50
About: leverage the energy transition and develop rare earth mining
They didn't allow a lake to be built, today we are burning fossil fuel.
Why it was classified this way · 45% confidence criticizes past restrictions and mentions thermal plants, without a clear proposal.
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Romeu Zema
29:56
About: actively participate in the energy transition by developing a supply chain for lithium and rare earths
So we have to remember that lithium... that electromagnets are fundamental in this energy transition that the globe is going through, that humanity is going through.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence states that lithium and electromagnets are fundamental to the energy transition.
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Romeu Zema
30:32
About: actively participate in the energy transition by developing a supply chain for lithium and rare earths
What is being extracted today, people say, they're digging a hole here, but it's to avoid burning fossil fuel.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence argues extraction can be a way to avoid burning fossil fuels.
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Romeu Zema
30:48
About: Open markets and negotiate trade agreements
And Brazil needs to participate and call its trading partners and even negotiate well and say, I sell to you.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence proposes selling industrial goods in a 'combo' with commercial offsets.
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Romeu Zema
30:58
About: Open markets and negotiate trade agreements
but I want to sell you the industrialized product, but I want that for you to buy this here, you buy meat from me, you buy grain from me, put that on the scale to be able to earn better.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence suggests making purchases of industrial goods contingent on trade offsets (meat, grains).
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Romeu Zema
31:14
About: Open markets and negotiate trade agreements
If you have an exceptional product, you can be... making a bundle so that your customer takes the bundle, without affecting commercial interests, a win-win relationship.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence recommends offering a commercial 'combo' for mutual gain.
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Romeu Zema
31:27
About: develop science, technology and industrialize the country
But Brazil needs to take advantage of this the same way several Arab countries, Vilela, took advantage of the oil boom.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence advocates taking advantage of the minerals boom like oil-producing countries.
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Romeu Zema
31:42
About: implement market economic policies in natural resource management
There are others, like Venezuela, that went backwards.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence criticizes Venezuela and socialism, suggesting market-oriented policies.
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Romeu Zema
32:43
About: conduct federal operations against drug trafficking and arms trafficking
Brazil today, candidate Zema, is the largest cocaine gateway in the world.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence says Brazil is the largest cocaine launchpad and offers no immediate proposal.
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Romeu Zema
33:02
About: mobilize all federal institutions to combat organized crime
Do you have any idea, sir, in your relentless plan, to use the Armed Forces, Army, Navy, Air Force, in combating trafficking on the Solimões Route?
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence asks about using the Armed Forces to combat the Solimões Route.
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Romeu Zema
33:15
About: mobilize all federal institutions to combat organized crime
Because truly... The Federal Police and the Military Police of Amazonas and of Pará do not have the resources, logistical capacity to operate over that territorial dimension that is the Amazon region.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence alleges that regional police lack logistics, justifying the Armed Forces.
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Romeu Zema
33:45
About: combat organized crime through international cooperation
My plan, which is this relentless plan he mentioned, is that as soon as I assume the presidency, together with the neighboring countries involved — I'm talking about Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, those three countries are the producers, the drug route — we, together with the United States, will monitor this region as never before.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence proposes monitoring together with Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, and the United States.
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Romeu Zema
34:18
About: mobilize all federal institutions to combat organized crime
And I will put the armed forces to help on this issue.
Why it was classified this way · 95% confidence declares he will 'colocar as forças armadas' to help in the fight.
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Romeu Zema
34:25
About: mobilize all federal institutions to combat organized crime
We have a navy, we have the air force, we have an army that can contribute with the Federal Police.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence indicates that the Navy, Air Force, and Army can assist the PF.
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Romeu Zema
34:44
About: reoccupy territories dominated by criminal factions
Brazil today is controlled by organized crime.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims that Brazil is controlled by organized crime.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
34:48
About: reoccupy territories dominated by criminal factions
Various statistics and studies point out that 60 million Brazilians live in areas that are no longer controlled by the Brazilian State, but rather by organized crime.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Cites a study that points to 60 million in areas not controlled by the State.
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Romeu Zema
36:14
About: mobilize all federal institutions to combat organized crime
So I will deploy the entire apparatus of the State to fight organized crime.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Announces he will put 'todo o aparato do Estado' against organized crime.
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Romeu Zema
36:32
About: dismantle organized crime leadership and their financial structures
And when you start cutting off the heads... putting these people behind bars, you begin to destabilize these organizations and also conduct intelligence-based combat, which is through the Federal Revenue Service, COAF, ABIN, and declare these institutions, factions, criminal organizations as terrorists.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Proposes arresting leaders, using intelligence, and declaring factions as terrorists.
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Romeu Zema
37:09
About: dismantle organized crime leadership and their financial structures
If it's a faction, if it's a criminal organization, it's a terrorist.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence States that gangs and criminal organizations should be treated as terrorists.
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Romeu Zema
37:14
About: impose differentiated treatment on factions (harsher penalties, special prisons, isolation, and financial strangulation)
If it's a terrorist, it's at least 25 years' imprisonment with no kind of benefit, including no conjugal visits, no private meetings with a lawyer.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Proposes a minimum sentence of 25 years without benefits for terrorists.
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Romeu Zema
37:31
About: dismantle organized crime leadership and their financial structures
It's about treating criminals as criminals and not as victims of society, as our president says.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Opposes treating them as 'vítima' and calls for severe punishment.
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Romeu Zema
37:40
About: combat organized crime through international cooperation
And cooperation from the United States does not in any way mean loss of sovereignty.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Supports collaboration with the US without it implying a loss of sovereignty.
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Romeu Zema
37:46
About: strengthen international cooperation in combating drug trafficking
It does mean satellites helping to monitor this region, which we know is difficult to access, more technology.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Proposes using satellites and technology to monitor the region.
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Romeu Zema
37:56
About: combat organized crime through international cooperation
training for our men here to be able to operate our equipment better or others that may come, because the United States and Europe, where the consumption of narcotics, of cocaine, is concentrated, have the greatest interest in ending this drug route here.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Advocates training and partner technology for our forces.
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Romeu Zema
38:17
About: mobilize the armed forces in operations in the Amazon
So, it is necessary... for us to take this stance of fighting crime as has never happened in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Calls for a firm stance and intensifying the fight against organized crime.
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Romeu Zema
38:27
About: dismantle organized crime leadership and their financial structures
We have a lax government, a president who says, as I said now, that traffickers are victims of society.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Criticizes the government for treating traffickers as 'vítimas' and calls for punishment.
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Romeu Zema
39:28
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
And over the sovereignty of countries, do you defend this ultra-liberal agenda of privatizing state-owned companies, especially Petrobras and the Post Office?
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Asks the candidate whether he supports a privatization agenda.
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Romeu Zema
39:38
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
Did you know that the United States' state postal service, the USPS, has accumulated a deficit of more than 120 billion dollars over the last 18 years and that in 2025 alone... it had a fiscal deficit of 9 billion dollars?
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Brings data about the USPS deficit when questioning privatization.
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Romeu Zema
40:13
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
in the defense of sovereignty and of a national project, do you support the privatization of companies like Petrobras and the Post Office?
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Reiterates the question about support for privatizing Petrobras and Correios.
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Romeu Zema
40:21
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
Which theoretical basis are you using, sir, and why do you believe this is truly relevant to developing the country's economy?
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Questions the candidate's theoretical basis for defending privatizations.
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Romeu Zema
41:21
About: support and accelerate agribusiness development
And in Brazil we have perhaps the most successful case in the history of humanity in food production, especially in the last 40, 50 years.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Reports historical success of food production in Brazil (description).
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Romeu Zema
41:35
About: finance research with public funds
We must remember that there was research funded by the State, which is extremely important.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Explicitly defends state-funded research as extremely important.
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Romeu Zema
41:44
About: prioritize applied research at federal universities
We have federal universities that, in my opinion, should focus much more on practical applied research than, at times, on other things that do not bring benefit to society.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Says federal universities should focus more on practical, applied research.
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Romeu Zema
42:13
About: value private initiative in agricultural production
Brazil's success in agribusiness was made by private initiative.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Attributes agribusiness success to the private sector, supporting its role.
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Romeu Zema
43:20
About: combat corruption in state-owned companies
But the bought politicians — that's the problem.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Identifies 'políticos comprados' as a problem in state companies (supports combating it).
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Romeu Zema
43:24
About: combat corruption in state-owned companies
Bought politicians use state-owned companies for their shady deals.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Says politicians use state companies for shady deals (criticism and implicit call for action).
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Romeu Zema
43:30
About: investigate and punish corruption schemes using bank evidence
Everyone here will remember mensalão, petrolão, suitcases of money.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Lists mensalão, petrolão and others as reminders of scandals (description).
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Romeu Zema
43:47
About: reduce the State's business activity and focus on providing essential public services
So, what I want is that the State — we must remember — the State already has a huge mission.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Argues the State already has a huge mission and should focus on essential services.
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Romeu Zema
43:55
About: reduce the State's business activity and focus on providing essential public services
in the area of public security, in health, in education, in infrastructure, and the State is still going to be administering companies.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Lists essential areas the State should prioritize instead of running companies.
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Romeu Zema
44:17
About: reduce the State's business activity and focus on providing essential public services
The Brazilian State already has too many things to do.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Says the State already has too much to do (supports focusing the state on core tasks).
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Romeu Zema
44:21
About: improve management of essential public services (education, health, security and infrastructure)
I say I will do education, public security, health and infrastructure well.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Promises to do well on education, security, health and infrastructure (explicit commitment).
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Romeu Zema
44:29
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
And the private sector runs companies much better.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states that the private sector runs companies much better (support for privatization).
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Romeu Zema
44:39
About: ensure technical independence of state-owned companies by avoiding political appointments
As governor of Minas, I brought qualified people to run the energy company, Semig, and the sanitation company, Copasa.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence claims to have brought skilled people to run state companies (own action).
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Romeu Zema
44:57
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
And when we take what Petrobras is worth, what Banco do Brasil is worth, what Correios is worth, and invest in infrastructure — railways, waterways, ports, airports — how much will this country grow?
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence proposes taking proceeds from selling state-owned companies as a source of funds (explicit suggestion).
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Romeu Zema
46:36
About: attract investments in photovoltaic energy
There were, in photovoltaic energy for Minas Gerais alone, more than 80 billion reais of investments.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence cites R$80 billion in photovoltaic investments in Minas (policy defense).
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Romeu Zema
47:07
About: combat corruption in state-owned companies
So I say that a state-owned company serves very well.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence claims that state-owned companies allow corrupt politicians to run schemes (explicit criticism).
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Romeu Zema
47:16
About: improve management incentives in state-owned companies
And what we need are well-managed companies.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence declares the need for well-managed companies (appeal to management).
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Romeu Zema
47:24
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
Copasa, which is the sanitation company, was privatized.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that Copasa was privatized (statement of fact).
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Romeu Zema
47:28
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
Before it was privatized, to carry out a project it would take two years.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence compares timelines before and after privatization, arguing in favor of the measure.
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Romeu Zema
47:50
About: promote an agenda of privatizations and reforms
So I say that Brazil is throwing away an opportunity to develop, having capital that is scarce tied up in state-owned companies.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence says Brazil loses opportunities by keeping capital in state-owned companies (support for selling them).
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Romeu Zema
48:12
About: use privatization proceeds to invest in infrastructure
And that's what I will do with the money from the state-owned companies.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says they will use state-owned companies' funds to improve roads and airports.
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Romeu Zema
48:20
About: invest in infrastructure, with emphasis on railways
But I want good roads, good airports, waterways for our products, railways.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence lists an explicit desire for better roads, airports, waterways, and railways.
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Romeu Zema
50:37
About: transfer regulation and management of medical training to professional councils (Regional Councils and CFM)
And finally, if we're talking about medical practice, will you return and stop letting politics interfere in medicine and actually hand over what is medical responsibility, the medical profession, and medical education to the regional councils and to the Federal Council of Medicine, who are the people who not only have the capacity to manage medical careers, but to train better doctors and oversee medical practice in the country?
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence asks to 'devolver' education and medical responsibility to the councils (explicit request).
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Romeu Zema
51:24
About: transfer regulation and management of medical training and practice to professional councils
First, Vilela, politics and health, medicine should never mix.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states that politics and health should not mix (support for councils' autonomy).
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Romeu Zema
52:04
About: hold selection processes to appoint secretaries and public managers
I'm not from the health area; I like to have a great secretary and I will have a great health minister to do whatever is best.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says they will have a great health secretary and minister (explicit commitment).
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Romeu Zema
53:02
About: adopt quotas for students from public schools in university admissions
I think there should be quotas, but for those who come from public schools.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence reaffirms that quotas should prioritize those who studied in public schools.
- Against
Romeu Zema
53:18
About: maintain and strengthen programs such as ProUni, Fies and racial quota policies
They created categories here for transgender people, for I don't know what else, for indigenous people, quotas, right?
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence criticizes quotas for transsexuals, indigenous people, and identity categories (explicit opposition).
- Against
Romeu Zema
53:28
About: maintain and strengthen programs such as ProUni, Fies and racial quota policies
So I am the opposite; we have to correct that.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence states 'sou o contrário' and proposes to fix the current model (clear opposition).
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Romeu Zema
53:31
About: adopt quotas for students from public schools in university admissions
Quotas are needed for those who come from situations that are not as good as a family that can afford private schooling.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says quotas should be for those from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Romeu Zema
53:54
About: implement a proficiency exam for doctors
I am in favor—just as there already is for the law field—of us having a proficiency exam.
Why it was classified this way · 93% confidence says they support a proficiency exam, citing the example of the legal field.
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Romeu Zema
54:25
About: subject doctors to periodic competency evaluations
In my opinion, a doctor should undergo periodic evaluations as well, to know whether he is up to date on a new substance that cures a disease.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence argues that doctors should undergo periodic evaluations, comparing them to pilots.
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Romeu Zema
56:52
About: strengthen primary care and early diagnosis in SUS
There were 90 basic health units; we completed them all, five large regional hospitals, the whole SUS.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence calls for the completion of UBSs and five regional hospitals (track record).
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Romeu Zema
58:59
About: prioritize primary care and preventive health over curative care
So this health care close to every Brazilian's home is what makes all the difference, and this is what we must prioritize in Brazil: more health
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says that local, preventive healthcare should be a priority in the country.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
61:56
About: end the 6x1 shift
On a current topic, the Senate CCJ, the Constitution and Justice Committee, approved today the end of the 6x1 schedule without changes to the text.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence reports CCJ's decision approving the end of the 6x1 schedule.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
62:07
About: end the 6x1 shift
Just to contextualize for those following us, this text still needs to go to the Senate floor, approval by... discussion by the full body of senators.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence explains the necessary legislative step (to pass through the plenary).
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
62:18
About: end the 6x1 shift
But today, the fact is that this committee approved the end of the 6x1 schedule in the form of the original text.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence states the fact: the commission approved the end of the 6x1 schedule.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
62:32
About: end the 6x1 shift
You had been expressing opposition to this model of ending the 6x1 schedule, but today the senators approved this model.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reports that the candidate had been expressing opposition to the model.
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Romeu Zema
62:52
About: simplify labor laws and create an hourly work regime to formalize the labor market
Camila, I am in favor of modernizing labor relations in Brazil, because we have a CLT that is almost 90 years old.
Why it was classified this way · 95% confidence explicitly declares 'sou favorável à modernização das relações trabalhistas'.
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Romeu Zema
63:07
About: create legislation to allow flexible hourly hiring
It doesn't provide for what has been practiced successfully across the country and around the world, which is hourly work.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence states that the CLT does not provide for 'trabalho por hora' and points out it is necessary.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
63:18
About: create legislation to allow flexible hourly hiring
This lack of having this kind of provision here in Brazil, or this option, causes millions of Brazilians to migrate to the informal market.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence states that the absence of this option leads to migration to informal work.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
63:50
About: expand access to formal work for youth via the young apprentice program
The youth apprentice today only exists in larger cities, where there are SENAC or SESI units, which, for reasons of scale, favor cities that generally have above 40 or 50 thousand inhabitants.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence describes unequal access to the Jovem Aprendiz program between municipalities.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
64:10
About: expand access to formal work for youth via the young apprentice program
Meanwhile, the vast majority of Brazilian municipalities, which have 5, 10, 20 thousand inhabitants, a young person will never manage to enroll in the Youth Apprentice program, because it's only allowed where the Sistema S or an accredited school operates.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence reports that the majority of small municipalities do not offer the program.
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Romeu Zema
64:32
About: expand access to formal work for youth via the young apprentice program
I want to take this to the whole of Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence declares 'Eu quero levar isso para o Brasil todo' referring to the program.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
64:42
About: expand access to formal work for youth via the young apprentice program
They end up working informally; usually those who offer informal jobs are smaller, poorly structured companies that do not follow the law.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence describes that many young people end up working informally.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
65:05
About: prevent recruitment of youth by criminal organizations
That is when the young person is not recruited by criminal organizations and factions that have the most enticing proposals possible.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence associates youth informality with recruitment by criminal factions.
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Romeu Zema
65:16
About: create legislation to allow flexible hourly hiring
So I want this formalization for these young people and I want the hourly employment I was talking about, because we have a huge number of Brazilians who already have a job or who study and who want to have extra income.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence declares 'quero o emprego por hora' as a solution.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
65:35
About: create legislation to allow flexible hourly hiring
and who could be doing an activity in the hours they have available, since most of the time they are young people who still have energy, wanting to build a house, wanting to improve their lives, and end up only doing gigs.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence explains the demand for work at available times.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
65:54
About: create legislation to allow flexible hourly hiring
Because with our CLT today it's practically impossible to say,
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence states that the CLT currently hinders this type of contract.
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Romeu Zema
66:12
About: simplify labor laws and create an hourly work regime to formalize the labor market
So what I want is legislation that adapts... to the reality of Brazilians.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says he wants 'uma legislação que se adeque' to the Brazilian reality.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
69:30
About: privatize companies and public services
First, Copasa was privatized about 90 or 120 days ago.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reports that Copasa was privatized recently.
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Romeu Zema
69:50
About: privatize companies and public services
I can say that under my administration all quality indicators improved, but who was, Gustavo, Copasa's controlling shareholder?
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence claims improvements in indicators under his management after privatization.
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Romeu Zema
70:33
About: privatize companies and public services
The process was carried out with the greatest possible transparency.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence supports a process carried out with transparency and approval from relevant bodies.
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Romeu Zema
70:39
About: privatize Sabesp
Approved by the State Court of Auditors, by the deputies who monitored it, and I'm sure that Copasa, now privatized, will make much greater progress on basic sanitation in the State.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence states that a privatized Copasa will advance sanitation.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
71:04
About: privatize Sabesp
State-owned Copasa... to do a simple project sometimes took two years.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence compares the slowness of projects under state versus private management.
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Romeu Zema
71:11
About: privatize companies and public services
Copasa, now private, might do it in less than six months.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence claims a private company will complete works faster than a state-owned one.
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Romeu Zema
72:00
About: privatize companies and public services
I say that when you have private management, you have that agility that a state company cannot have, also due to compliance and control issues.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence argues private management brings agility that the state-owned company lacks.
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Romeu Zema
72:29
About: increase competition in privatized sectors
And what I want is to increase competition.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence declares 'o que eu quero é aumentar a concorrência'.
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Romeu Zema
72:33
About: privatize companies and public services
I will not sell Petrobras in a single block.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states he will not sell Petrobras as a block, indicating privatization in parts.
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Romeu Zema
72:37
About: privatize companies and public services
I want to split it up, each refinery a separate company, even to increase competition.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence proposes 'fatiar' Petrobras to sell it by refinery.
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Romeu Zema
73:54
About: privatize companies and public services
And in my administration in Minas, I sold stakes and privatized 118 companies.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Claims to have privatized 118 companies during their administration.
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Romeu Zema
74:21
About: privatize companies and public services
When privatization is well done, the consumer wins, because a private company has much more agility.
Why it was classified this way · 84% confidence Argues that a well-executed privatization benefits the consumer.
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Romeu Zema
74:36
About: impose fines and revoke concessions from companies that do not meet service levels
In my opinion, these companies should indeed be fined if they have allowed the service level to drop.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Advocates fining and even revoking concessions if service levels fall.
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Romeu Zema
75:54
About: compose the government with criteria of integrity and programmatic alignment
Gustavo, as governor of Minas, I governed together with several political parties without giving up republican values or my principles.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Accepts allied parties provided their nominees are competent and selective.
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Romeu Zema
76:57
About: establish performance indicators and periodic accountability in ministries
That ministry is yours and you will do here whatever you please.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence Declares that secretaries met every 15 days to report.
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Romeu Zema
77:22
About: combat allocation of positions and nepotism
And a president elected with 60 million votes arrives there with the clout to make many changes, especially if he has a track record of fixing a State that was ruined by the PT, which is the same thing that's happening in Brasília today.
Why it was classified this way · 87% confidence Denies the practice stating 'para mim não é loteamento' and repudiates give-and-take.
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Romeu Zema
78:37
About: prohibit betting games
My opinion is that we need to end bets as soon as possible.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Explicitly declares 'precisamos acabar com as betes o quanto antes'.
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Romeu Zema
81:09
About: prohibit betting games
As president, I would issue a provisional measure on the first day, as I have already said.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Proposes issuing a provisional measure on the first day to cut that problem.
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Romeu Zema
81:34
About: prohibit betting games
And once again, this government was the one that approved betting.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Criticizes the government for having approved the bets and calls for their prohibition.
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Romeu Zema
84:10
About: grant temporary tax incentives with a reduction schedule
First, all the benefits in the State of Minas during my governorship were targeted at sectors.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Argues that State of Minas benefits were sector-specific and attracted investments.
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Romeu Zema
84:36
About: grant temporary tax incentives with a reduction schedule
And that attracted many investments to the State.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence States that the benefits brought many investments to the state.
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Romeu Zema
84:47
About: attract industrial investment to Brazil
During my administration, we set up several beer factories in Minas.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Claims action by his/her own government: 'implantamos diversas fábricas'.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
84:56
About: grant tax incentives to attract industries
These factories have the incentive that already existed.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence States that these factories have an incentive that already existed (description).
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
85:01
About: grant tax incentives to attract industries
All the incentives already existed before I took office.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Says incentives already existed before their administration (account).
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
85:05
About: grant tax incentives to attract industries
I never created an incentive during my administration.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Denies having created incentives — account of past conduct, without proposing action.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
85:21
About: grant tax incentives to attract industries
You may be saying they came because of the tax incentive.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Suggests a cause (tax incentive) as the reason for the installation (description).
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Romeu Zema
85:37
About: grant temporary tax incentives with gradual phase-out
So I ask, did the State lose out or is it gaining?
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Questions whether the state lost, defending that incentives produce fiscal gains.
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Romeu Zema
85:42
About: grant temporary tax incentives with gradual phase-out
If you say that the State should have received 300 and is only receiving 200, then you're saying it's losing.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Repeats the argument that the incentive generates revenue rather than loss.
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Romeu Zema
85:51
About: grant temporary tax incentives with gradual phase-out
Now I say, if the factory hadn't come, we wouldn't be receiving anything; we'd be at zero.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Explicitly states that without the factory there would be no revenue (defense of the incentive).
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Romeu Zema
86:01
About: attract and retain industries in the country
If many industries that are here in Brazil move to Argentina, to Peru, to Colombia, would that be good for Brazil?
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Rhetorical question against industry migration, arguing they should be kept here.
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Romeu Zema
86:25
About: grant temporary tax incentives with gradual phase-out
Now, if you have an intelligent incentive... one that is temporary to attract and is weaned over time, it may be an intelligent incentive that the majority of countries in the world make use of.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Advocates temporary incentives and a gradual phase-out as a smart policy.
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Romeu Zema
86:48
About: cut privileges of tax expenditures
So you defend that there really is an exit path... for these companies, for these tax benefits?
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Rhetorical question that validates the existence of a 'porta de saída' for incentives.
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Romeu Zema
86:54
About: cut privileges of tax expenditures
Even addressing not only the issue of Minas, where you have already ceased to be governor, but thinking at a federal level, where you plan to be President of the Republic, is it necessary to have an exit path for these business owners so that not only do they remain in Brazil being productive, but also pay taxes, and so the government can collect what it currently relinquishes through tax benefits?
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence advocates a federal exit mechanism for tax benefits and future revenue.
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Romeu Zema
87:23
About: review and reduce Manaus Free Trade Zone subsidies with a soft landing
Does it need to exist for another 200 years?
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence questions the need to keep the incentive longer (suggests ending it).
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Romeu Zema
87:25
About: review and reduce Manaus Free Trade Zone subsidies with a soft landing
Seventy years has been enough time to consolidate something.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence states that 70 years was enough and indicates a necessary phase-out.
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Romeu Zema
87:31
About: review and reduce Manaus Free Trade Zone subsidies with a soft landing
Do we have to continue with this incentive at this scale?
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence asks whether it's necessary to keep the incentive at that size (critique of continuity).
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Romeu Zema
87:36
About: review and reduce Manaus Free Trade Zone subsidies with a soft landing
In my opinion, there should be a weaning over time and it seems to me there is no such provision.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence explicitly states the need for a phase-out over time.
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Romeu Zema
87:46
About: grant temporary tax incentives with gradual phase-out
I say that tax incentives must be like an allowance for a child.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence metaphorical comparison: an incentive should be like an allowance (temporary).
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
88:02
About: reduce production costs in Brazil
Those who operate in Brazil, Gustavo, as you know well from following it, face the cost of doing business in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence introduces the concept of 'custo Brasil' as a factor for investors (description).
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
88:10
About: reduce interest rates and the tax burden
Here in Brazil we have the highest interest rate in the world.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence states that Brazil has the highest interest rates (economic fact).
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Romeu Zema
88:26
About: guarantee impartiality and accountability in the Judiciary
Here in Brazil we have massive legal insecurity.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reports legal uncertainty and decisions favoring 'banqueiro'.
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Romeu Zema
88:44
About: reduce the complexity of the Brazilian tax system
Here in Brazil we have tax legislation that is a madhouse; you need an army of people to calculate it.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence defines tax legislation as 'manicômio' and asks to correct the root cause.
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Romeu Zema
88:54
About: reduce production costs in Brazil
So I think we have to fix the root cause, which is the cost of doing business in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states that fixing the 'custo Brasil' removes the need for incentives.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
89:07
About: change tax legislation
Would you change anything about the tax reform recently approved in the National Congress?
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence asks whether the interviewee would change the approved reform (question).
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Romeu Zema
89:27
About: reduce the complexity of the Brazilian tax system
The tax reform, Gustavo, simplifies things for the productive sector.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence says the reform simplifies matters for the productive sector (support for simplification).
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
89:43
About: reduce the complexity of the Brazilian tax system
Because a court changes the way it interprets things, and the taxpayer ends up facing a surprise.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that changes in judicial interpretation create uncertainty (description).
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Romeu Zema
89:59
About: reduce the complexity of the Brazilian tax system
So this insecurity... will be greatly reduced by the tax reform.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence claims the reform will reduce tax legal uncertainty.
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Romeu Zema
90:05
About: change tax legislation
Now, the reform, in my view, has one part that turned out badly.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says one point of the reform turned out poorly, proposing an alteration (constructive criticism).
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Romeu Zema
90:13
About: implement consumption taxes with compensation for low-income households
In my opinion... there should be a tax and low-income people should receive a refund.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence advocates a tax with refunds for low-income people (explicit proposal).
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Romeu Zema
90:26
About: implement consumption taxes with compensation for low-income households
Low-income people should not pay tax on medicine or food.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence states that the poor should not pay tax on medicines and food.
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Romeu Zema
90:46
About: change tax legislation
So, on that side, the reform wasn't good.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence says that, in that regard, the reform 'não foi boa' and suggests change.
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Romeu Zema
90:50
About: reduce tax burden on basic foods and exempt part of the population from income tax
And the rate they're talking about is also very high.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes high tax rates and announces a plan to reduce the burden through efficiency.
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Romeu Zema
90:54
About: increase public sector efficiency by at least 1% per year
I, in fact, Gustavo, include in my government plan a proposal to improve the efficiency of the public administration by 1% per year.
Why it was classified this way · 95% confidence explicitly states a government plan proposal (efficiency target).
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Romeu Zema
91:05
About: implement a low-tax system for individuals and expand the taxpayer base
Over the coming decades and to have that passed on as a reduction in the tax burden.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence proposes passing on efficiency as a reduction in the tax burden.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
91:15
About: reduce tax burden on basic foods and exempt part of the population from income tax
What has Brazil witnessed in the last 30 years?
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports a history of increases in the tax burden (historical description).
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Romeu Zema
91:39
About: ensure proper use of public revenue
And we are seeing, with this government of bought politicians, where this money is going.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence accuses a 'governo de políticos vendidos' of diverting resources; calls for correction.
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Romeu Zema
91:57
About: contract technology through bidding to modernize public services
Today there is technology, digitalization, artificial intelligence that can make government much more efficient.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence advocates using technology and digitization for greater government efficiency.
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Romeu Zema
92:18
About: prioritize results-driven management and public efficiency
And here we have a government that only keeps accumulating bloat and inefficiency over the decades.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes the government for accumulating 'gordura e ineficiência' and promises to act.
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Romeu Zema
92:25
About: prioritize results-driven management and public efficiency
We need to put an end to it and I will.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence promises to put an end to inefficiency ('e eu darei').
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Romeu Zema
93:17
About: withdraw Brazil from the Paris Agreement
Gustavo, I would not take Brazil out of the Paris Agreement.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence responds directly: 'eu não tiraria o Brasil do Acordo de Paris'.
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Romeu Zema
93:22
About: make environmental legislation more objective
In my opinion, we have adequate environmental legislation; it needs to be more objective.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says the legislation is adequate but needs to be more objective.
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Romeu Zema
93:31
About: speed up environmental permitting to accelerate concessions
And I did that in my government, because today, to carry a medium-sized project forward — you don't even need to be large — you will have to hire an environmental consultancy and sometimes pay millions.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims action was taken in government to reduce licensing costs.
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Romeu Zema
94:07
About: make enforcement of environmental legislation more objective and demonstrable
which needs to be interpreted and analyzed with greater objectivity, corrected in some points, and for us to show the whole world that the products from our agribusiness are produced with environmental responsibility.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence argues for correcting interpretation and demonstrating the sustainability of agribusiness.
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Romeu Zema
95:26
About: promote development with environmental responsibility
a thriving agriculture, a thriving industry and also environmental preservation.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence advocates coexistence of a thriving agriculture/industry and environmental preservation.
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Romeu Zema
95:54
About: oversee and control public transfers to NGOs
We have empowered many NGOs in ways that are totally incompatible with social and economic development.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence criticizes the proliferation of NGOs that improperly receive public funds.
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Romeu Zema
96:45
About: oversee and control public transfers to NGOs
Gustavo, I have nothing against serious NGOs that are transparent and accountable, with competent people who do good work.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says he has nothing against serious NGOs, defends separating the 'joio do trigo'.
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Romeu Zema
97:30
About: ensure reparations reach those directly affected
The money that the company applied did not reach the affected people.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence states that money from the tragedy did not reach those affected (calls for correction).
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Romeu Zema
97:57
About: allocate compensations to public works and local investments
So much so that in Brumadinho I did exactly the opposite.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence says that in Brumadinho he allocated resources to public works 'carimbadas'.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
98:40
About: grant broad amnesty to participants of the January 8 events
Because in the Jornal Nacional hearing, you said you would like to grant amnesty to those involved in January 8, or if you cannot grant amnesty to those involved in January 8, at least give these people a fair trial, a trial that is not political.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports that the interviewee spoke of granting amnesty or a fair trial (news report).
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
98:58
About: have the competent body consider the constitutionality of amnesties
On amnesty, the ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) have already pointed out that they would consider amnesty for crimes of a coup d'état unconstitutional, based on clauses 43 and 44 of Article 5 of the Constitution.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reports the STF's position that amnesty is unconstitutional (legal fact).
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
99:22
About: ensure independence between branches and respect for voters' representation
The President of the Republic cannot come out and say that this trial doesn't count now or that it will be a different trial.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence states that the president cannot invalidate court rulings (constitutional description).
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
99:51
About: disobey orders of the STF
And to finish the question, would you disobey an order from the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal), as, for example, candidate Renan Santos de Missão has said?
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence asks whether the candidate would disobey orders from the STF (questioning about an action).
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Romeu Zema
100:03
About: elect more qualified senators and deputies
Oh Gustavo, we are going to have a renewal in the Senate, certainly a more courageous Senate.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence says there will be renewal in the Senate by senators 'mais corajosos'.
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Romeu Zema
100:14
About: demand ethics and probity in the Senate
A President of the Senate who isn't sold out like the current one, who is a disgrace for the country as well, who went there to sample Macallan whisky with the crook banker Vorcaro.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence criticizes the president of the Senate and calls for a change in ethical conduct.
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Romeu Zema
100:55
About: apply administrative consequences and remove involved magistrates
A minister of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) giving legal advice to a criminal?
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Criticizes a Supreme Court minister for advising a 'bandido' and calls for punishment.
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Romeu Zema
101:06
About: remove and hold magistrates accountable for involvement in child sexual abuse and financial irregularities
In any serious country, that minister would already be expelled from the system or... very likely in a prison cell.
Why it was classified this way · 87% confidence Says that, in other countries, a minister would be expelled or imprisoned (calls for punishment).
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Romeu Zema
101:38
About: respect the democratic regime and the law
Not that I am — I'm a democrat, I follow the law — that this could at some point have more serious consequences.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Says he is a democrat and will follow the law, despite criticisms of the ministers.
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Romeu Zema
103:09
About: call for street demonstrations
So, if the Supreme Court decides that the amnesty is not valid, the solution is to call demonstrations, but we don't have much credibility — Bolsonaro supporters have been calling demonstrations for years without effect — I still don't understand what the practical solution would be for the amnesty to die.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Proposes calling demonstrations if the STF invalidates amnesty (political strategy).
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Romeu Zema
103:25
About: promote impeachment of STF ministers
Assuming I take office, I'll go after all the senators so we can impeach them, which those ministers already more than deserve, I will not stay quiet, no.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Declares an intention to pursue impeachment of ministers if he assumes office.
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Romeu Zema
103:37
About: respect the democratic regime and the law
But I will not disrespect the law or the democratic regime.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Affirms he will not disrespect the law or the democratic regime.
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Romeu Zema
104:49
About: investigate and punish environmental crimes committed by companies
I had that disappointment and I want those involved who destroyed the environment, put money in their pockets, to rot in prison.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Says he wants those involved in environmental destruction to 'morfem na cadeia'.
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Romeu Zema
105:00
About: strengthen oversight and accountability for environmental crimes
I want to and am contributing to the investigation as much as possible.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Says he will contribute and make himself available for investigations (affirmative action).
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Romeu Zema
105:06
About: use special investigative methods and international cooperation against organized crime
I've already said, if I can testify against that mafia that installed itself there, including people from the National Mining Agency, I'm totally available.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Offers availability to testify against the 'máfia' installed (concrete action).
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Romeu Zema
105:24
About: investigate and punish illicit practices with exemplary penalties
I want everything that's wrong to be investigated and exemplary punishment.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Demands investigation and exemplary punishment for everything that is wrong.
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Romeu Zema
105:54
About: account for the increase in the state's public debt
Zema, how do you explain the State of Minas Gerais' debt jumping from 114 billion in 2019 to more than 200 billion in debt during your term?
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Asks for an explanation about the state's jump in debt.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
106:05
About: evaluate public debt by capacity to pay
Well, debt is measured by capacity to pay.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence States that debt is measured by the capacity to pay (evaluation criterion).
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Romeu Zema
106:10
About: comply with the Fiscal Responsibility Law in state public management
Brazil has the Fiscal Responsibility Law.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Declares the existence and application of the LRF as a fiscal reference.
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Romeu Zema
106:14
About: reduce Minas Gerais state debt
According to the criteria of the Fiscal Responsibility Law, Minas Gerais' debt fell by 21% of net current revenue.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Cites a percentage reduction in debt according to LRF criteria.
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Romeu Zema
106:29
About: reduce federal public debt
Unlike the Union's debt, which under Lula's government has already risen 10%.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Criticizes the Union's debt increase under the previous government, implying support for reduction.
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Romeu Zema
106:36
About: make the state's debt sustainable and payable
A debt... that for Minas used to be unpayable, today is payable.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Says a debt that was unpayable is now payable, without proposing an explicit action.
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Romeu Zema
106:42
About: ensure responsible fiscal management and transparency in state public accounts
And in my government, five years of surplus, that is, revenue greater than expenditure.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Claims five years of surplus in his government (defense of track record).
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Romeu Zema
106:52
About: ensure responsible fiscal management and transparency in state public accounts
Those five years of balanced accounts followed six years of PT and PSDB government, which had deficits, where more was spent than was earned.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Contrasts his government's surplus with deficits of previous administrations.
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Romeu Zema
107:06
About: honor payments and keep state obligations current
Everything Minas pays is rigorously up to date.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Says that everything Minas pays is strictly up to date.
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Romeu Zema
107:15
About: regularly make due transfers to municipalities and suppliers
For example, just ask the 853 mayors who received what the PT didn't make in transfers, criminally, suppliers.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Claims to have made transfers that, he says, the previous government did not make.
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Romeu Zema
107:34
About: evaluate nominal change in debt according to the Fiscal Responsibility Law
It increased nominally, according to the Fiscal Responsibility Law.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Justifies a nominal increase by citing the LRF as the criterion.
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Romeu Zema
107:41
About: recover the state's finances
Today, Minas is a state that has a much better financial health than it did eight years ago.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Compares the current positive situation and defends the results of his administration.
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Romeu Zema
107:56
About: recover the state's finances
is precisely that financial sanitation that was done.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Attributes the refinancing of overdue debts to financial cleanup.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
108:04
About: reduce waiting time for appointments, tests, and surgeries in the SUS
She sent the following: we hear candidates talk about GDP, SELIC, deficit, but those waiting in line at the SUS want to know about doctors, tests and faster care.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Presents the population's demand for care and faster service in the SUS (question).
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
108:13
About: facilitate families' access to health services
What would you do to improve health?
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence asks what the candidate would do to improve public health.
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Romeu Zema
108:17
About: expand the primary care network (UBS) to cover all cities and neighborhoods
Look, in Brazil what we need is to have that pathway of bringing health posts, basic health units to all cities, to all neighborhoods.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence proposes explicitly to take UBS to all cities and neighborhoods.
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Romeu Zema
108:32
About: expand the primary care network (UBS) to cover all cities and neighborhoods
Health has to be... close to every Brazilian's door.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence argues that health services should be close to every Brazilian's home.
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Romeu Zema
108:41
About: expand the primary care network (UBS) to cover all cities and neighborhoods
More than 400 UBS, Basic Health Units, to detect any disease early.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence mentions having implemented more than 400 UBS as a government action.
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Romeu Zema
109:18
About: increase the federal budget for the Ministry of Health
In addition, we multiplied the SUS fee schedule for all hospitals to eliminate the queue for elective surgeries.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims to have multiplied the SUS table to end surgery waiting lists.
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Romeu Zema
109:30
About: increase the federal budget for the Ministry of Health
What used to take years has today become... a few months, and the same can be done in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence argues that the achieved reduction in queues can be applied across Brazil.
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Romeu Zema
109:39
About: allocate public funds to hospitals based on technical criteria and efficiency
Before, money went to hospitals of politicians' friends.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence criticizes transfers to 'hospitais de amigos' and advocates allocation based on efficiency.
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Romeu Zema
109:44
About: allocate public funds to hospitals based on technical criteria and efficiency
In my administration, money went to hospitals that cure, that operate a lot.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence says their administration directed resources to hospitals providing effective services.
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Romeu Zema
109:51
About: expand the public healthcare network
I brought SAMU to all the municipalities of the State, as was the case across Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims to have brought SAMU to all municipalities in the state.
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Romeu Zema
110:04
About: expand the public health network and reduce preventable deaths
Today, in the State, all municipalities have helicopter service.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence says that all municipalities have helicopter service for rapid transfers.
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Romeu Zema
110:29
About: report the state's initial fiscal condition upon taking office
I took over a State in ruins, which did not even have money for payroll.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence reports having taken over a state described as 'arruinado' with no funds for payroll.
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Romeu Zema
110:40
About: expand the primary care network (UBS) to cover all cities and neighborhoods
So this is the Brazil I want for Brazilians.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence reaffirms the desire for a doctor close to home and an accessible UBS.
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Romeu Zema
111:07
About: modernize public health management
Yes, with management, with competent people, the health of Brazilians can improve a lot and will improve.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence advocates competent management as a way to improve Brazilians' health.
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Romeu Zema
112:04
About: strengthen national vaccine production and prevention of endemic diseases
To return to that level of vaccination coverage, we need to invest both in vaccine production — we had ceased to be a relevant vaccine producer and have returned to being one in the last four years — and in a lot of public outreach about it.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says it is necessary to invest in both production and promotion to recover coverage.
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Romeu Zema
112:18
About: set investment expectations for national vaccine production
So my question for the candidate is: what is the expected level of investment so that we are sovereign in vaccine production?
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence asks the candidate what investment is expected for vaccine production.
- Neutral
Romeu Zema
112:29
About: reconcile investment in vaccine production with austerity policies
How will this investment happen within the austerity plan he defends?
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence questions how investment in vaccines will fit into an austerity plan.
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Romeu Zema
112:34
About: make childhood vaccination mandatory
And the second thing is: we need to vaccinate over 95% of people for measles, for example.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence raises the issue of individual choice versus the collective need for vaccination.
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Romeu Zema
113:12
About: strengthen national vaccine production and prevention of endemic diseases
Emílio, Brazil needs, I think even for reasons of national security, to have this investment in vaccines.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence explicitly states that Brazil needs investment in vaccines.
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Romeu Zema
113:23
About: strengthen national vaccine production and prevention of endemic diseases
This became very visible during the pandemic, when those countries that had some production capability were in a much more comfortable situation than those that depended on others.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence uses the pandemic to justify prioritizing domestic production.
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Romeu Zema
113:38
About: strengthen national vaccine production and prevention of endemic diseases
We have in Brazil some institutions, in São Paulo, in Rio, Funed in Minas Gerais, that produce vaccines, which in my government received full attention and even, after 10 years, managed to put into production a line that had been there and that no one had ever managed to make viable.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims to have supported institutions that put production lines into operation.
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Romeu Zema
114:10
About: promote vaccination and public health measures
I am in favor of vaccination; I vaccinated myself against Covid, vaccinated my children, recommended it, I support the campaign, I support awareness — I am just not in favor of putting someone who refuses vaccination in prison.
Why it was classified this way · 95% confidence says they favor vaccination and campaigns, citing their own and their family's vaccination.
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Romeu Zema
115:16
About: promote partnerships between federal universities and the pharmaceutical sector for vaccine research and production
And this vaccine production, to conclude here, in my opinion is strategic for a country the size of Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence supports closer university-industry collaboration to enable vaccine production.
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Romeu Zema
115:56
About: strengthen interaction between academic institutions and the productive sector for innovation
Today the university turns up its nose at the productive sector.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence criticizes the separation between university and industry and calls for closer ties.
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Romeu Zema
119:14
About: reduce dependence on the dollar as an international benchmark
The dollar has been around, used for years, and serves as a reference.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Questions whether adopting the yuan/euro would improve lives and rejects broad de-dollarization.
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Romeu Zema
119:33
About: diversify international reserves considering safety and return
So, I question it; I think Brazil has to invest in those currencies
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Proposes that the BC analyze where to allocate reserves for safety and higher returns.
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Romeu Zema
120:05
About: prioritize reforms to improve public health and education services
Let's change healthcare that doesn't work well.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Criticizes the focus on de-dollarization and calls for change in deficient health and education.
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Romeu Zema
120:28
About: cooperate militarily with foreign countries to combat organized crime in the region
And I want international cooperation to combat organized crime and the factions, yes.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Supports international cooperation and joint operations against criminal factions.
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Romeu Zema
122:50
About: reduce the Selic rate
To finish, a question that was raised, I don't know if it was in the debate or in Globo's interview: how do you intend to reduce the Selic to 6% per year without generating a new inflationary spike, considering that the basic interest rate also reflects fiscal and exchange-rate expectations that are beyond the direct control of the Executive?
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Explicitly declares 'eu vou reduzir... a Selic' and ties it to credibility.
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Romeu Zema
123:54
About: combat corruption and hold those involved accountable
Just from my being elected, and the market already knew me, knew what I'm like.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence States that the market prices credibility when it sees a fight against corruption.
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Romeu Zema
124:43
About: curb the misuse of parliamentary amendments
Today we have some 60 billion in parliamentary amendments, over which there is little control.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Proposes greater oversight and careful application of parliamentary amendments.
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Romeu Zema
125:53
About: reduce superfluous public spending and adopt austere fiscal management
There was a large expense there for surveillance of public buildings.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Reports having replaced contracts and saved tens of millions with CFTV and monitoring.
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Romeu Zema
126:45
About: combat privileges and impunity in public administration
The public sector in Brazil, you who are following us here, was set up to enrich the ruler's cronies.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Criticizes 'amigos do rei' practices and denies granting benefits to relatives during his administration.
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Romeu Zema
127:43
About: carry out administrative reform in municipalities
And it will save at least 2 trillion over the next 20 years.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Estimates savings of at least 2 trillion over 20 years with administrative reform.
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Romeu Zema
128:03
About: allow the market to price interest rates
It's not the president who prices interest, it's the market.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence States as fact that the market, not the president, prices interest rates.
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Romeu Zema
128:07
About: allow the market to price interest rates
But those who are competent, who are serious, are priced in that way — which is what happened to me.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Praises that those who are competent are 'precificado', implicitly endorsing that mechanism.
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Romeu Zema
128:37
About: recognize that voters decide their vote at the last minute
Brazilians will decide their vote only at the last minute.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Makes an observation about electoral behavior without proposing action.
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Romeu Zema
129:17
About: recognize families' concerns about debts and energy bills
Brazilians are worried about paying debts, about settling last week's electricity bill that still hasn't been paid.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Relays voters' everyday economic concerns without proposing policy.
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Romeu Zema
129:32
About: run and compete in the second round
Runoff — I'm confident I'll be there.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Expresses explicit confidence in reaching the second round.
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Romeu Zema
129:36
About: support an alternative right-wing candidacy to prevent the PT's advance
If I'm not, whoever is against Lula.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Says he will support whoever is 'contra' the mentioned opponent.
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Romeu Zema
129:38
About: support an alternative right-wing candidacy to prevent the PT's advance
It could be this microphone here that I vote for.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Reinforces willingness to vote for any anti-adversary option ('voto no microfone').
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Romeu Zema
130:05
About: prioritize delivering results in public policies instead of promises
I'm not one to make promises; I'm one to deliver.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Explicitly states a preference for 'fazer entrega' rather than making promises.
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Romeu Zema
130:09
About: prioritize delivering results in public policies instead of promises
That's what I did as governor and that's what I'll do as president.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Claims to have delivered results as governor and intends to do so as president.
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Romeu Zema
130:21
About: combat corruption and illicit enrichment
The problem in Brazil is that there are too many thieves.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Says Brazil's problem is 'sobra ladrão', advocating action against it.
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Romeu Zema
130:26
About: combat corruption and illicit enrichment
And they come here from Brasília living in luxury while the rest of Brazil lives in the trash.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Criticizes politicians who 'vivem no luxo' and calls for an end to that behavior.
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Romeu Zema
130:34
About: combat corruption and illicit enrichment
Enough of politicians getting richer and richer and us decent Brazilians getting poorer and poorer — which is what's been happening.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Declares 'chega de político cada vez mais rico', calling for a fight against illicit enrichment.
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Romeu Zema
130:45
About: implement public policies to improve quality of life
I was governor for seven years and the lives of the people of Minas improved.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Claims his administration as governor improved the lives of Minas residents.
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Romeu Zema
130:57
About: implement policies adopted in Minas Gerais throughout Brazil
And if it worked in Minas, it works in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Says what worked in Minas should work in Brazil, proposing national scaling.
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