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Romeu Zema - Eu não nasci na política. Passei 3??0?? anos empreendendo, até ver me...
30 statements · 1 politicians · August 16, 2026 · 2 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 30 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Public services financing, Combating Impunity, Political Reform, Monetary Policy.
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I wasn't born into politics.
I was born into a family of Italian immigrants who arrived in Brazil with nothing.
At age seven, I was already working in my father's workshop.
It was there that I learned the value of work.
I spent 30 years as an entrepreneur.
I built a company from scratch and opened stores in 470 cities across Brazil.
Like every entrepreneurial Brazilian, I did everything in life except rely on the government.
I've always been a taxpayer, never a recipient.
- Neutral
About: restore state public finances
Until one day I saw Minas Gerais at rock bottom.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
About: declare financial calamity in the state
The government of Minas Gerais declared a financial calamity.
Desconhecido
Fernando Pimentel said that...
- Neutral
Desconhecido
About: prosecute and convict politicians for corruption
Fernando Pimentel, of PT (Workers' Party), was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Federal Regional Court for the crimes of influence peddling and money laundering.
And I couldn't remain idle.
- Neutral
About: confront the influence of party machines
They said it was impossible to beat the machines of the big parties.
But I faced them.
And I won.
- For
About: restore state public finances
I took a broken State, put it back on its feet, and the people reelected me in the first round.
- Neutral
About: restore fiscal responsibility and public management
Today I look at Brazil and see the same scene.
The government is rich and the people are poor.
- For
About: reduce politicians' privileges and perks
Lula and the untouchables live it up.
while your bills don't add up at the end of the month.
- For
About: investigate and punish corruption and recover public funds
Brazil is not a failed country; it's a country that's been robbed.
- Neutral
About: implement at the federal level the management measures adopted in Minas Gerais
All those politicians you see around just say, 'I did it'.
- For
About: prevent an opposing political party's return to the state government
I expelled the PT from Minas and never let them come back.
- For
About: renounce political privileges
Brazilians don't want privilege; they just want a normal country, where those who work... are respected and prosper.
- For
About: strengthen public security to reduce robberies
Where you can go out on the street without fear of losing your cell phone.
Or even your life.
This country is possible.
We started in Minas.
- For
About: implement at the federal level the management measures adopted in Minas Gerais
Now it's Brazil's time.
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