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ZEMA USOU MINAS DE ESCADA? Ben Mendes diz que Governador "Esqueceu o Estado"
24 statements · 1 politicians · February 11, 2026 · 1 min
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Although Zema has put the house in order, we acknowledge that, but Zema acknowledges an alleged debt that the State would have with the Union of almost 200 billion reais.
He simply acknowledges this debt without a serious audit having been carried out.
I am a pre-candidate for governor of the State of Minas Gerais.
If I become governor of Minas Gerais, one of the first things we will do is precisely a thorough audit, as any large company or any person would do.
If I tell you, Adriano — actually, you tell me, Benoni — that you owe me, I don't know, a thousand reais.
I want you to prove that debt to me: where it came from, how it arrived at that amount.
Minas Gerais is not doing that; it is simply believing that it owes the Union.
An exorbitant amount.
We need a very serious audit.
Second, another issue: a weakness of Zema's government is that Zema neglected public security.
For a very simple reason.
Zema, halfway through his term, primarily began to think about the presidency of the Republic.
He forgot Minas Gerais.
Minas needs to have a governor from Minas who thinks about Minas Gerais and does not use Minas Gerais as a stepping-stone to the presidency of the Republic.
Public security in the state of Minas Gerais is lagging behind.
Members of the state's military, the military police, and the civil police have not received salary adjustments.
Inflation has eaten away the salaries of public security personnel.
There are also public demonstrations.
There are military personnel who are going on police operations to engage in shootouts with criminals while wearing expired bulletproof vests.
That's a bottleneck.
Public security professionals in the State of Minas Gerais, both civilian and military, are suffering from mental health problems.
The suicide rate among the military police troops and in the ranks of the civil police is extremely high; it is even higher than that of the general population.
Why is the force suffering?
Because it has been abandoned.
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