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.
Eu tinha acabado de ser eleito primeiro-ministro, mas tinha o infeliz privilégio de revelar uma verdade, que nosso déficit não era de 6%, como tinha sido oficialmente relatado, apenas alguns dias antes das eleições, pelo governo anterior, mas, realmente de 15,6%.