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EM Entrevista: Gabriel Azevedo, pré-candidato ao governo de Minas
948 statements · 1 politicians · April 9, 2026 · 63 min
Statements by Gabriel Azevedo. 948 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Parties / Party Ethics, State policy, Municipal Finance, Environmental Policy.
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Hello to you watching Portal Y, my name is Ana Mendonça, I'm a politics columnist for the newspaper Estado de Minas.
Today we are receiving here in our studios Gabriel Azevedo, pre-candidate for governor of Minas for the MDB.
How are you, Gabriel?
All good, Ana.
Very good to be with you, very good to be with you.
Silvia, it's a pleasure to be here with you at Estado de Minas.
Pleasure to have you here as well.
Sharing this panel with me is Silvia Pires, political reporter for Estado de Minas.
All right?
All good, Ana.
Gabriel, as I said before, sir, you are a pre-candidate for governor of Minas for the MDB.
What led you to take this step?
We have recently followed the process of putting forward candidacies for the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil.
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About: democratize party processes and expand electoral options
And my feeling is that political parties, at the national level, have been working so that the voter is cornered into decisions made by very few people.
About: democratize party processes and expand electoral options
That cannot happen in Minas Gerais.
About: democratize party processes and expand electoral options
In other words, the Minas voter needs to have more than one option.
About: democratize party processes and expand electoral options
They need several options to analyze and understand what is before them.
And I want to play a very clear role in this electoral process, Ana Silvia.
First, there are already many meme candidates.
There are already many candidates who are editors of highlight clips for social media.
There are already a lot of people wanting to cause a stir, to 'slay'.
Like and share.
I don't want to be just another one fighting to generate entertainment for the internet.
That's the first point.
And in a very clear way and with a stance that I will not budge.
Second, we need to speak seriously about Minas Gerais.
About: prioritize the interests of Minas Gerais in public policy formulation
Our State, with 853 municipalities, cannot be merely an appendage, a little keychain of a national discussion.
Our situation is extremely serious.
Over the past eight years, in my view, the idea developed that we are in a state in which the train prospers or that the train is on the tracks.
It is not true.
You only need to analyze four phenomena that every Minas Gerais voter will need to understand.
And it is not simple to explain, it's not simple to present this in an easily shareable way on social media.
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About: ensure responsible fiscal management and transparency in state public accounts
But at the end of Governor Pimentel's term... The governor requested the suspension of Minas Gerais's debt with the Union.
About: recover the state's finances
We went years without paying the credit card bill.
About: recover the state's finances
And this kept piling up, piling up, piling up and generating huge interest.
Voters only need to imagine if this happened in their own household.
Are we going to pretend that the credit card bill doesn't exist?
Are we going to let the interest pile up, pile up, pile up?
First issue.
With a serious incident.
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