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ENTREVISTA COM MATEUS SIMÕES (PSD) AO GOVERNO DE MINAS GERAIS | CNN ELEIÇÕES
102 classified statements · 1 politicians · August 21, 2026 · 49 min
Statements by Mateus Simões. 102 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Public Budget, Monetary Policy, Betting, Political debate.
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Excerpts classified by topic and stance. This is not the full transcript of the video.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
2:32
About: maintain balanced public accounts
The former governor Romeu Zema's first term was about getting the accounts in order.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence states the first term's focus ('contas em dia') without proposing action.
- For
Mateus Simões
2:36
About: maintain balanced public accounts
I was part of that rebalancing that allowed us to pay salaries, pay bills, and have public services functioning.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence claims to have participated in the fiscal rebalancing ('Eu fui parte desse reequilíbrio').
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
2:42
About: reduce unemployment
The second term, in 2022, when we were elected in the first round, was about employment.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence describes the second-term focus ('sobre emprego') without proposing new action.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
2:48
About: reduce unemployment
And we went from a situation that was worse than the Brazilian average to the second-lowest unemployment in Brazil, the lowest in the Southeast, the lowest historical unemployment rate in Minas Gerais.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence reports a statistical achievement ('segundo menor desemprego') without an explicit proposal.
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Mateus Simões
2:57
About: increase average income of Minas Gerais residents
This next cycle is necessarily about income, about improving the... quality of life of people from Minas Gerais, who unfortunately, despite low unemployment, are still ninth in average income in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence proposes a future cycle 'sobre renda' as a priority of the mandate.
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Mateus Simões
3:15
About: increase average income of Minas Gerais residents
So, this is a cycle focused on income, without, of course, losing sight of essential services.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reaffirms income as a priority without abandoning essential services.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
3:58
About: prohibit advertising and sponsorships from betting companies in public spaces
Governor, today you implemented a new rule in Minas Gerais, which is the prohibition of betting advertising in public spaces.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence a question/report describes the new rule prohibiting advertising.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
4:54
About: prohibit advertising and sponsorships from betting companies in public spaces
The federal government confirmed that 37 billion reais are being drained per year from the economy and, therefore, from the lives of Brazilian families due to sports betting and other types of gambling — and that is only from the official lotteries.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence cites federal data on funds withdrawn by gambling, without offering a new proposal.
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Mateus Simões
5:17
About: prohibit advertising and sponsorships from betting companies in public spaces
This has been breaking up families; it has caused problems, including very serious violence.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence labels gambling as destructive to families and advocates public intervention.
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Mateus Simões
5:47
About: prohibit advertising and sponsorships from betting companies in public spaces
And what I did was prohibit any public space of the State government from being used for the promotion of betting.
Why it was classified this way · 95% confidence declares direct action: 'o que eu fiz foi proibir que qualquer espaço público...'.
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Mateus Simões
5:58
About: prohibit advertising and sponsorships from betting companies in public spaces
And I also canceled the betting contract that our lottery had, so that the state of Minas Gerais is no longer part of this very negative cycle.
Why it was classified this way · 94% confidence says he canceled the lottery's contract with a betting company.
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Mateus Simões
6:08
About: prohibit advertising and sponsorships from betting companies in public spaces
I am also instructing all municipalities to do the same; I am sending to each one
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence says he instructed municipalities to adopt a similar measure.
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Mateus Simões
6:11
About: prohibit advertising and sponsorships from betting companies in public spaces
a draft decree for the municipality to be able to enact, because we have several stadiums in the state of Minas Gerais that are municipal, and the streets of the cities, obviously, can only be regulated by the municipalities.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence sent a draft decree for municipalities to implement the ban.
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Mateus Simões
6:20
About: prohibit advertising and sponsorships from betting companies in public spaces
I am regulating the state roads so far.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence says he is regulating state highways to prevent gambling advertising.
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Mateus Simões
6:23
About: prohibit advertising and sponsorships from betting companies in public spaces
We have to fight this that has become a plague in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence uses combative language ('praga do Brasil'), advocating action against gambling.
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Mateus Simões
7:22
About: reduce political polarization
Brazilians stopped discussing — at least for now, I hope this begins to reverse over the coming weeks — the big problems of Brazil and are discussing team loyalties, Fla-Flu, Cruzeiro and Atlético, to decide whether you are pro-Bolsonaro or pro-Lula.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence criticizes the 'pró-Bolsonaro ou pró-Lula' dichotomy and calls to move beyond that debate.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
7:41
About: implement responsible economic policies to promote stability and growth
Because, for example, the biggest problem Brazil faces today, which is the economic slowdown due to a real interest rate in double digits, is not being discussed by the two candidacies that are leading.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence says the slowdown from high interest rates is not being debated by the campaigns.
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Mateus Simões
9:56
About: not use public funds in political campaigns
And here in this state that Zema and I administer, we do not allow the use of the public machinery for the individual and personal promotion of any candidate.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence says he will not allow the public apparatus to be used for any candidate's personal promotion.
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Mateus Simões
12:51
About: strengthen mechanisms for preventing and repressing corruption
So he represents what I like to see working in politics.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence defends Viana and opposes attempts to frustrate investigations.
- Against
Mateus Simões
16:19
About: privatize Banco do Brasil
Yuri, the governor hasn't talked about that, hasn't talked about that with me lately, but I've repeated here that I have no intention of discussing the privatization of Semig.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states 'não tenho nenhuma intenção' of privatizing CEMIG.
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Mateus Simões
16:28
About: privatize Banco do Brasil
I intend to discuss the privatization of Gasmig, which is the company that handles our gas and is a subsidiary of Semig.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Declares an explicit intention to discuss the privatization of Gasmig.
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Mateus Simões
16:34
About: privatize Banco do Brasil
We have just privatized Copasa in a process that was entirely led by me and that was very successful, both in terms of price and in terms of the conditions for universalizing sanitation services. Geramos, which is a public service provider for 600 municipalities in the State, will go through a transition to private management over the coming years.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Claims the privatization of Copasa as his own successful action.
- Ambiguous
Mateus Simões
17:08
About: privatize Banco do Brasil
That could change over time if Semig stops providing good service, because my logic on privatization is a bit different from the governor's today.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Advocates a selective logic: privatize only what does not provide good service.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
17:44
About: privatize Banco do Brasil
Moreover, because Governor Romeu Zema put CEMIG in much better shape, we can run it the way it is today.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Attributes CEMIG's improvement to the previous government, describing its current situation.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
18:32
About: keep permanent civil servants in their posts after restructuring
Edilene, in the case of Segov, the Secretariat of Government, the person currently acting for it is our former deputy secretary, who is a career state civil servant, not a politician.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence States an institutional fact about who is responsible for Segov today.
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Mateus Simões
18:41
About: appoint a politician to the Secretariat of Government before the elections
So it's natural that at some point in the near future, probably before the election, I will make some change there so that when the deputies return to parliamentary work, we again have a politician in that position.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Announces an explicit intention to make a change to include a politician.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
18:54
About: maintain political appointments in state administration (security and Women's Secretariat)
It's the only secretariat that over the two terms we have kept politicians in.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Reports a history of the secretariat's political composition, without direct control.
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Mateus Simões
18:59
About: maintain political appointments in state administration (security and Women's Secretariat)
in that secretariat, because that facilitates day-to-day dealings with the deputies, since Segov deals with the Assembly.
Why it was classified this way · 84% confidence Justifies the usefulness of politicians in the secretariat to deal with deputies.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
19:05
About: avoid political appointments to state-owned company leadership
Now, as for Semig, Semig is a listed company and the decision about the presidency is a decision that lies with the Board.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence States that Semig is listed and the presidency was defined by the Board.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
19:11
About: refrain from commenting on board changes due to CVM restrictions
Also due to CVM restrictions we do not comment on possible changes in the executive board, but it's possible, Edilene.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence Invokes CVM restrictions as a reason not to comment on changes.
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Mateus Simões
19:21
About: keep the current president of Semig in the company's management
The presidency of Semiga is held by a person who has my absolute trust and who will not step away from the administration in any way, someone I trust a lot, Alexandre Peixoto.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Asserts absolute confidence in the president and that he will not step aside.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
19:31
About: allow position changes within the company when necessary
But of course it's possible to have changes in positions within the company.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Acknowledges that internal changes in the company are possible.
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Mateus Simões
20:18
About: defend the continuity of the current government administration in the campaign
I represent the current state administration, which achieved very positive results under the Bolsonaro government and under the Lula government.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Claims to represent the current administration and emphasizes its positive results.
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Mateus Simões
20:33
About: base the campaign on deliverables and management achievements
I continue to believe that my candidacy is a candidacy based on delivery and that part of the support I have from the population and from mayors is because of what has already been done over these past years.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Explicitly states that the candidacy is 'sob entregas' and not ideological.
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Mateus Simões
20:47
About: reduce state intervention in the economy
I am a center-right politician, I defend a less interventionist State, with a focus on police, security, infrastructure and education, but I think that in the end the question when comparing my proposals, which are of continuous progress, with those of Cleitinho and Flávio, which are very similar to mine, is who is capable of delivering those results?
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence Declares 'sou de centro-direita, defendo um Estado menos interventor'.
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Mateus Simões
21:10
About: align with the group's political line
I have been in the state's administration alongside former governor Romeu Zema for seven and a half years.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Claims seven and a half years working alongside Zema as a credential.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
21:15
About: assume a role as management coordinator in the state government
I was the government's management coordinator that whole time.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Reports a past role as a management coordinator, without proposing change.
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Mateus Simões
21:20
About: present management experience as a qualification for the presidency
And the mayors know that, the deputies know that, the population will perceive it, has been perceiving it with each new round.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Cites local support to justify a results-based candidacy.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
22:45
About: treat the government as a continuation of previous actions
Of course, and I am very calm about this, every government is a continuation of what happened before.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Says that every government is a continuation of what happened before.
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Mateus Simões
22:51
About: attribute fiscal results to previous government policies (description)
The disaster we inherited was partly built by Pimentel.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Explicitly accuses Pimentel of having contributed to the fiscal disaster.
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Mateus Simões
23:13
About: reduce the public deficit
No, what helped was work, responsibility, knowing that there cannot be a deficit, which the federal government seems never to understand.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence Declares 'saber que não pode ter déficit' and 'praticamos déficit zero'.
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Mateus Simões
23:20
About: maintain the fiscal framework
We here have practiced zero deficit for five years; we only ran deficits in the first two years of government, because unfortunately we received a State that was even owing salaries to civil servants.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Says he has run a zero deficit for five years.
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Mateus Simões
23:38
About: reduce public debt and combat embezzlement/corruption to balance the books
I have already paid 13 billion reais of debt.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Says he paid 13 billion, calling for concrete action to settle it.
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Mateus Simões
24:14
About: allocate resources paid on the debt to federal investments in Minas Gerais
I would like to propose to the federal government that what we pay in debt remain in Minas Gerais for federal government projects.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Proposes that what is paid in debt should remain in the state for investment.
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Mateus Simões
24:56
About: invest in infrastructure, with emphasis on railways
I need to duplicate at least six of the major federal highways that cross the state and I need to reactivate some railway branches that the federal government is not taking steps to restore.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Says there is a need to double highways and reactivate branch railway lines.
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Mateus Simões
25:43
About: demand that the federal government promptly indicate which assets will be federalized in Propag
Because I handed over a list of 80 billion reais in assets for them to choose 40 billion, and for eight months they've been sitting on the list without indicating which assets they chose.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence Criticizes federal delay and says he delivered a list of assets with no response.
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Mateus Simões
26:13
About: condition Propag negotiation on confirmation of continued state government
Since it didn't happen, he stalled; the alternative I have is to wait for my re-election, because it also makes no sense for me to try to establish a negotiation about this now at the end of this term if I'm not sure I would be the next governor of Minas for the next four years.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence States that he will not negotiate now without certainty about being the next governor.
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Mateus Simões
27:32
About: publicly support Romeu Zema's candidacy in Minas Gerais
To start with the last point: a governor is fortunate to be able to count on the support of two men like Zema and Caiado.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Declares explicit support out of loyalty and coherence to former governor Zema.
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Mateus Simões
28:44
About: criticize the federal government's incompetence in analyzing Propag assets
Edilene, the federal government would like to think it didn't make the choice in bad faith, because that would at least be less disheartening for me, but it's due to absolute incompetence.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Calls federal sluggishness an incompetence that costs Minas dearly.
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Mateus Simões
29:40
About: defend that future presidents revert debt payments into state investments
On the other hand, I believe that former governor Zema and former governor Canhado, either one of them who won the presidency, would look at the issue of installment payments with a bit more care, to do exactly what I'm asking: investment in the State itself.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence States that Zema or Caiado would make the investment in their own state.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
30:56
About: pay debt installments regardless of STF injunctions
I pay my debt and I don't depend on the STF for that.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence States that he pays the debt and does not depend on the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) for that.
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Mateus Simões
33:38
About: limit the powers of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal)
That's why whenever I'm in the State I say what I just said here — that I think the STF is a disgrace — and that my vote for the Senate will be guided essentially by understanding this year what the position of the senator I'm voting for (the two votes I will cast) is regarding the STF.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence Says his Senate vote will be guided by the candidate's position on the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal).
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Mateus Simões
34:04
About: restrict STF's role to strictly constitutional matters and implement internal reforms (including a code of ethics)
It's not about persecuting a minister of the STF, but about restricting the judiciary to its proper domain.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Calls to 'restringir o judiciário ao campo dele' as a clear stance.
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Mateus Simões
34:34
About: demand greater control and limits on the behavior of judges and appellate judges
One is this week's case of the judge who appears drinking during a hearing.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Uses cases of judges to justify calls for limits on the Judiciary.
- Ambiguous
Mateus Simões
35:23
About: avoid using criticism of the STF as the main campaign platform
So I am very critical of the STF; I just avoid making it a campaign banner so as not to mislead the voter.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Is critical of the STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal), but says he will not use that as a campaign theme.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
36:52
About: acknowledge that an injunction generated cash availability in the past, without debt forgiveness
Now, that created a... a cash availability during those years.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence Says the injunction generated available cash, but not debt forgiveness.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
37:03
About: adhere to Propag to restructure the state debt
A large part of the installment I pay is precisely because, during part of Pimentel's government and part of Zema's government, we enjoyed the benefit generated by that.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Describes a benefit received from a regulatory change to the debt, without proposing action.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
37:13
About: adhere to Propag to restructure the state debt
I also had another benefit, if that's the calculation we're going to make.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Reports having received another benefit related to the debt account.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
37:16
About: adhere to Propag to restructure the state debt
During the pandemic, we benefited from a change in regulation
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence States that the pandemic regulation benefited indebted states, factual description.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
37:21
About: adhere to Propag to restructure the state debt
of the pandemic period, which benefited the states that had debt with the federal government.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Links the benefit to a suspension applied during the pandemic, descriptive account.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
37:24
About: adhere to Propag to restructure the state debt
For example, Rio Grande do Sul has benefited from the suspension of debt collection for three years because of last year's storms.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Cites the suspension of collections in RS due to storms as a factual example.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
37:32
About: adhere to Propag to restructure the state debt
One might think, is there a positive aspect to the storms in Rio Grande do Sul, because Rio Grande do Sul stopped paying the debt for three years?
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Questions rhetoric about a disaster being positive due to debt suspension.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
37:42
About: mobilize public servants and volunteers for post-disaster response and reconstruction
I don't think you would ever find that a disaster like the natural disaster in Rio Grande do Sul... has any positive aspect just because the payment of debt was suspended.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence States that a natural disaster should not be seen as an advantage, normative comment.
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Mateus Simões
37:52
About: govern Minas Gerais in a present and responsible manner
Pimentel doesn't have anything good to his name, even though he managed to get the debt suspended.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Criticizes Pimentel and, by contrast, advocates for a present and responsible government.
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Mateus Simões
37:57
About: govern Minas Gerais in a present and responsible manner
He is our own environmental disaster, caused by someone who was so irrationally afraid of the police during his time in office that he didn't pay attention to what was happening.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Calls Pimentel a 'desastre' and criticizes his absence in governance.
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Mateus Simões
38:14
About: govern Minas Gerais in a present and responsible manner
He didn't govern Minas Gerais; he didn't even have the chance to steal, because he wasn't here to take care of the government, he was locked inside the palace and left the government there.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Says that Pimentel 'não governou', distancing themselves from that practice.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
38:26
About: maintain balanced public accounts
And it was good, yes, for the government of Minas Gerais because it allowed the accounts somehow to get back on track so we could resume paying the debt.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Reports that absence allowed accounts to get back on track, a factual report.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
38:45
About: assess voters' non-economic motivations
Governor, even to study and prepare for these hearings, I sought out some interlocutors among the candidates from Minas Gerais, let's say, and what aroused the curiosity of the press from outside Minas was the Cleitinho phenomenon.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Interviewer notes the press's curiosity about the electoral phenomenon.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
39:17
About: assess voters' non-economic motivations
I asked, why isn't Matheus leading and Cleitinho is?
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Asks about a candidate's lead in polls, without proposing policy.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
39:21
About: differentiate between voting intention polls and actual voting decisions
And what I was told was that you, or Romeu Zema, are extremely technical, almost technocrats, bureaucrats, and that Cleitinho speaks the language of the people, let's say.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Reports the perception that some candidates are seen as technocratic.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
40:01
About: assess voters' non-economic motivations
I think the explanation they gave you is quite aligned with reality.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Agrees that the interpretation of the Cleitinho phenomenon is appropriate, a description.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
40:17
About: differentiate between voting intention polls and actual voting decisions
Being ahead in the polls only means... I repeat that people like you and remember you when polled; it doesn't mean they'll choose you to buy medicine for their mother or to run the state's hospitals or to deal with police demonstrations or negotiate the debt with the Union.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence States that leading in polls does not guarantee victory in the election.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
41:02
About: avoid populist policies and demagoguery
Cleitinho is a phenomenon of popularity without populism.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Defines Cleitinho as popularity without populism, an analytical comment.
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Mateus Simões
41:20
About: govern Minas Gerais in a present and responsible manner
What I maintain is that he doesn't have the instruments to do what he's advocating.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence States that Cleitinho does not have administrative tools, supporting capable management.
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Mateus Simões
41:24
About: govern Minas Gerais in a present and responsible manner
Most of the things he proposes are not feasible.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Says the opponent's proposals are not feasible, contrasting with technical management.
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Mateus Simões
41:27
About: govern Minas Gerais in a present and responsible manner
So it's not a question of him being populist; it's a matter of not having had administrative experience.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Attributes the problem to a lack of administrative experience, advocating experienced managers.
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Mateus Simões
41:38
About: govern Minas Gerais in a present and responsible manner
And that means he doesn't have the experience to manage a transatlantic liner the size of the State of Minas Gerais.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Claims lack of experience to run a large state apparatus, calling for a manager.
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Mateus Simões
41:48
About: govern Minas Gerais in a present and responsible manner
He is a great senator, very verbal, whom I think is very useful for the parliament, but we need managers.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Acknowledges the opponent's parliamentary qualifications, but defends the need for managers.
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Mateus Simões
41:59
About: recover public services and state finances
And I say that if my worst flaw is being ill-tempered, that's fine, because we need people who take care of Minas Gerais' money and accounts and are able to deliver public services.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Argues that money must be managed carefully and public services delivered.
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Mateus Simões
42:13
About: govern Minas Gerais in a present and responsible manner
I don't think it's a criticism when they say Matheus has a very technical, very managerial profile.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Rejects criticism of their technical profile, reaffirming the value of technical management.
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Mateus Simões
42:17
About: continue governing Minas Gerais in a present and responsible manner
I am proud of my technical profile; I really prepared myself to be where I am today and I consider myself ready to continue managing the State.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence Claims technical preparedness and willingness to continue in office.
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Mateus Simões
42:26
About: maintain current state public policies
And I think that among the candidates positioned on the right or on the left, I am the one who has successful achievements already delivered to the people of Minas Gerais, and I want during the campaign to be able to show that to people.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Says they have completed projects and wants to show them during the campaign.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
42:54
About: improve public security
Throughout Brazil, we've seen public security and the issue of crime as the biggest problem.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Interviewer identifies security as the main problem in the country.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
43:10
About: present public policy proposals for state security
What do you envision, if elected for the next four years, in terms of public policies?
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Asks about public security policies in a possible term in office.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
43:17
About: reduce homicides and violence
It's true that Minas' homicide rate is one of the lowest in the country, but still above 10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, which is the rate recommended by the World Health Organization as a safe rate.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Points to a homicide statistic as factual context for the question.
- Neutral
Desconhecido
43:44
About: reduce homicides and combat organized crime
How do you intend to confront issues of violence, and how do you view the issue of organized crime which has become a pandemic across the country, specifically here in Minas Gerais?
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Asks how to confront violence and organized crime, without taking a stance.
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Mateus Simões
43:58
About: strengthen public security
Well, first, to say that I am immensely proud of our police forces.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Expresses pride in the police forces, an explicit supportive stance.
- Neutral
Mateus Simões
44:00
About: strengthen public security
We have the Civil Police with the best homicide investigation results in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Cites Civil Police results as factual information.
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Mateus Simões
44:17
About: establish a national pact for public security with increased personnel, integration, and social prevention policies
And that led us to invest massively in personnel.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Claims investments in people as part of their administration.
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Mateus Simões
44:20
About: establish a national pact for public security with increased personnel, integration, and social prevention policies
20,000 hires for the police in the last four years.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Reports 20,000 hires, claiming the action was positive.
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Mateus Simões
44:26
About: establish a national pact for public security with increased personnel, integration, and social prevention policies
the personnel effort that I intend to maintain during the next term.
Why it was classified this way · 95% confidence explicitly declares intent to maintain personnel efforts in the next mandate.
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Mateus Simões
44:42
About: establish a national pact for public security with increased personnel, integration, and social prevention policies
We fight that with police on the streets; our rates are much better than the rest of Brazil, but we will continue investing in that.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says they combat thefts with police on the street and intend to continue investing.
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Mateus Simões
44:49
About: reduce homicides and combat organized crime
But regarding organized crime, I consider that we are an absolute success, because being neighbors of São Paulo, with all due respect to you in São Paulo and to Governor Tarcísio, but being neighbors to Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo and Bahia, where we have areas of criminal domination, that is, territories where the police do not... enter.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence states that Minas is a success case in confronting organized crime.
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Mateus Simões
45:12
About: reduce homicides and combat organized crime
I do have the presence of the three factions here in Minas Gerais, yes—both the Terceiro Comando Puro, the Primeiro Comando da Capital, and the Comando Vermelho—but my police go into any place and don't enter with armored vehicles, don't enter in cars with windows open.
Why it was classified this way · 83% confidence argues the police enter anywhere, refusing criminal territorial control.
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Mateus Simões
45:25
About: reduce homicides and combat organized crime
There is no territorial domination here; we deal with that with police presence and a tough approach.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence claims there is no territorial domination thanks to police presence and tough action.
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Mateus Simões
45:30
About: reduce homicides and combat organized crime
We just concluded an operation, for example: a closed cordon, 3,000 police officers, 28... eight communities occupied, eight different cities, two thousand arrests; we only had three exchanges of gunfire.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reports a massive operation as an example of effective police action.
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Mateus Simões
45:44
About: reduce homicides and combat organized crime
And we managed to arrest more than 350 identified faction members, people who were already identified as being part of a faction.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence reports arrests of gang members, arguing police action is effective.
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Mateus Simões
45:51
About: strengthen and train police forces and expand prison infrastructure
Well-equipped police, well-trained and in sufficient numbers.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence advocates for a well-equipped, well-trained, and sufficiently sized police force as the solution.
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Mateus Simões
45:55
About: restrict access to firearms for the population
We will keep doing that; now it would help me a lot if the federal government had a national policy to stop the circulation, especially of weapons, within Brazil, because this is becoming a plague—the issue of seizing assault rifles, the volume of assault rifles circulating in Brazil today is inadmissible.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence asks the federal government for a national policy to prevent the circulation of rifles.
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Mateus Simões
46:12
About: obtain cooperation from the federal government for highway enforcement and weapons control
This is a problem especially because I can't carry out inspections on federal highways.
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence points out the state's legal limitation to oversee federal highways, a factual report.
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Mateus Simões
46:16
About: obtain support from the federal government for public security actions
I have a limitation imposed on me by law there, and I hope to be able to count on the federal government's support in a more effective way in the next term.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence explicitly requests more effective federal support in the next mandate.
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Mateus Simões
46:36
About: concentrate federal control over state police forces
I am absolutely against the National Public Security PEC as it stands, because I have nothing to arrest in Minas Gerais with the federal government and I will not allow our police to be commanded by the President of the Republic, who cannot even fight what is within his competence
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence declares being 'absolutamente contra a PEC' that would centralize federal command.
AI classification from the transcript of a public video. See the Methodology