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Veja a entrevista completa do candidato Romeu Zema (Novo)
983 statements · 1 politicians · August 6, 2026 · 91 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 983 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Fiscal Reform, Political Reform, Sale of Public Assets, Judicial reform.
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Desconhecido
Hello, very good afternoon, welcome (female), welcome (male) to the series of interviews by Globo News and G1 with the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic.
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The five highest-ranked were invited.
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In the latest Datafolha poll and in the sequence defined by a draw, today we receive Romeu Zema of Novo.
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Tomorrow we will receive Ronaldo Caiado of PSD, Flávio Bolsonaro of PL, and he is the guest next Monday.
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President Lula of PT has informed that he will not participate.
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Globo News and G1 are broadcasting live this series of special, joint interviews.
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The interview will last an hour and a half, starting now.
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Candidate Flamengo Zema, it's a pleasure to have you here.
Good afternoon, Natuza.
Good afternoon, Sadi.
It's a pleasure to be here with you.
Thank you very much for the invitation.
- Neutral
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About: submit proposals for government spending cuts and tax cuts
Candidate, you entered politics advocating fiscal adjustment and spending cuts.
- Neutral
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About: balance public accounts
You ran a surplus, you did not incur new debt.
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Even so, the numbers led The Economist magazine to publish an article recently saying that Minas Gerais is the mirror of Brazil, therefore decisive for the presidential elections.
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but that your State's accounts are in ruins.
- Neutral
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About: restore fiscal and economic order in Brazil
So how will you then go about solving Brazil's fiscal problem in light of Minas' situation?
- For
About: balance public accounts
Well, Natuza, as you said very well, in Minas Gerais we went from a deficit to a surplus, which was negative in '18, minus 11 billion; in 2024 it turned into a positive 5 billion.
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About: balance public accounts
We made an adjustment that, to my knowledge, no other state in Brazil has made.
We reduced, among state-owned companies, autonomous agencies and the direct administration, almost 50 thousand positions.
That's a lot.
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About: reduce the size of the state through administrative reform and privatizations
And in Brazil, we have the ability to slim down; I'll start with the ministries.
And I want to give four shocks to Brazil.
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About: implement fiscal reforms to increase fiscal space
Brazil needs four shocks in the fiscal area.
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About: privatize Banco do Brasil
First, I want to privatize everything, starting with Petrobras.
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About: privatize Banco do Brasil
In Minas Gerais, we privatized 118 companies.
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About: reduce the size of the state through administrative reform and privatizations
Let's implement an administrative reform, let's implement a pension reform and let's improve social programs.
All these measures together will generate savings of a few trillion reais over the next 20 years.
And the market is signaling very well and the interest rate will plunge to less than half, easing the Brazilian's pocket.
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Even so, candidate, even with a surplus, even without having taken on new debt, you... You end your administration with the worst cash position in Brazil.
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It's 11 billion in the red, according to the Treasury's own numbers.
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The second place, for example, in terms of negative cash, is Rio Grande do Norte.
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You left it with 11, Rio Grande do Norte with 3 billion.
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Nearly four times that of Rio Grande do Norte.
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What happened?
Natuza, first.
When I took office on January 1, 2019, I assumed a state that was truly bankrupt.
240,000 public servants with a bad credit record at SPC and Serasa, because Pimentel of the PT's government deducted those civil servants' payroll loans and did not make the transfers to the banks.
853 mayors in Minas resigning, falling ill and even taking their own lives because they weren't receiving the ICMS and IPVA transfers.
No suppliers would sell to the State of Minas.
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