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CANAL LIVRE | ROMEU ZEMA - 03/05/2026
711 statements · 1 politicians · May 4, 2026 · 64 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 711 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Fiscal and Social Policy, Combating Impunity, Judicial reform, Institutions.
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Hello, good evening to you.
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We are now starting another edition of Canal Livre Especial about the 2026 Electoral Race.
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To begin, putting on the air our trademark electoral coverage here at Band.
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Put on that soundtrack we're already used to.
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That's right, it's an election coverage year here at Band and today's guest has been betting his chips on a confrontation with the ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal); he even became the target of a request for investigation because of that.
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The program will also talk about the different right-wing candidacies presented so far and, of course, about the double defeat suffered by the government this week in the National Congress with the overruling of the veto on dosimetry.
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And the rejection of the name Jorge Messias, nominated to the Supreme Federal Tribunal by President Lula.
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To discuss these and many other topics, with us tonight is the former governor of Minas Gerais and pre-candidate for the presidency for Novo, Romeu Zema.
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Good evening, Governor.
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Thank you very much for being with us.
Good evening, Adriana.
Good evening to everyone who is watching us.
It's a great pleasure to be here with you.
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The pleasure is ours, you know, Governor?
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Joining me in this conversation are journalists Fernando Mitri, Sheila Magalhães and my colleague every night, Eduardo Oineg.
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Let's go together.
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Governor, to start this interview, I wanted to put on the air data from Band's partnership with Google about the searches... by the population, by people, for your name.
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There is the chart on screen now, folks.
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Look, we see that at the beginning of the year, Governor, searches for Romeu Zema on Google were low, they were small.
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And now, at the end of April, in the last days of April... A peak in searches for your name.
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This coincides precisely with the moment when, in your pre-campaign, you used a puppet theatre to call the ministers of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) untouchable and to make very harsh criticisms of the Supreme Federal Tribunal.
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My question for you is: we already had, in the very recent past, a moment of direct confrontation between President Jair Bolsonaro and the Supreme Federal Tribunal.
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Do you think that the way to debate and discuss the role of the Supreme Federal Tribunal in our society...
Adriana, I have criticized everything that I see is wrong.
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About: implement public spending controls and fiscal austerity policies
Remembering that I don't criticize only the Supreme Federal Tribunal, I criticize Lula's wasteful spending, I criticize this government that takes no measures regarding public security and I could not possibly remain silent.
with regard to the absurdities that are happening in the Supreme Federal Tribunal.
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About: investigate and punish corruption in public administration
The Tayaiá resort is very poorly explained, a R$ 129 million contract with the wife of another minister, very poorly explained.
I have always been a taxpayer.
As governor... who I should even have received taxes, I was a voluntary governor, I donated everything, so I can say that my whole life in Brazil I paid taxes.
And I think Brazilians who work hard, who get up early, who know this country has a future, all were outraged with everything that is happening today in Brasília, more specifically inside the Supreme Federal Tribunal.
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About: investigate suspicions involving ministers of the Supreme Federal Tribunal
It's an outrage that they are blocking any kind of investigation.
I want to know who else gets contracts of that nature, because it's a slap in the face of the honest Brazilian.
We are seeing politicians living in luxury and Brazilians living in garbage here in Brazil.
I will not remain silent.
And I think someone from Minas Gerais is a bit nonconformist, isn't he, Mitre?
Isn't he nonconformist?
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We have a tradition.
We have a tradition.
We have already had Tiradentes, we have had others.
I will not remain silent.
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