Face to Face, from Folha and UOL, interview Romeu Zema – 05/04/2026 – Politics

The former governor of Minas Gerais and pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic (Novo) participates this Monday (4) in , the weekly interview program of Sheet and UOL with a focus on the 2026 elections.

Presented by journalists Fábio Zanini, editor of the Panel column, and Daniela Lima, columnist at UOL, the attraction will air at 7pm, on UOL’s YouTube and on Canal UOL, broadcast on the website’s home page. Sheet.

A retail businessman, Romeu Zema won the position of governor in his first election, in 2018, and was re-elected in 2022. He held the position until March of this year, when he resigned to run for the Planalto Palace.

In addition to collecting throughout his political career, Zema led a public clash with the minister of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) Gilmar Mendes after publishing , in the context of the investigations of . Gilmar even called the (Attorney General’s Office) to have Zema included in the fake news investigation.

About five months before the elections, the former governor has 4% of voting intentions for president, according to .

The Minas Gerais native is also tipped to be Flávio Bolsonaro’s (PL) vice-president, despite the fact that an alliance is not consensual among Bolsonaro supporters. , Zema has said that he will maintain his candidacy until the end, but members of Novo do not rule out a composition closer to the party conventions.

Zema is the seventh interviewee of Frente a Frente. The founder of (Movimento Brasil Livre) and pre-candidate for the Presidency of the Republic (Mission) have already attended the program; the PT pre-candidate for the Senate in Paraná; presidential candidate Ronaldo Caiado (PSD); Valdemar Costa Neto, president of PL; the Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Guilherme Boulos (PSOL); and former President of the Chamber Eduardo Cunha.

Face to face

Where: UOL YouTube and UOL Channel

When: Mondays, 7pm

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