I had just been elected prime minister, but I had the unhappy privilege of revealing a truth that our deficit was not 6 percent, as had been officially reported only a few days earlier before the elections by the previous government, but actually 15.6 percent.
Tinha acabado de ser eleito  primeiro-ministro, mas tinha o infeliz privilégio  de revelar uma verdade: o nosso défice não era de 6% — como o governo anterior  tinha anunciado apenas uns dias antes, antes das eleições — mas sim de 15,6%.