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Inelegable after judicial conviction, former Bahian minister (MDB) prepares a new successor to his political group to run in the 2026 elections for the National Congress.
Geddel, according to the column, intends to launch lawyer Jayme Vieira Lima, state president of Bahia and cousin of the former minister, as candidate for federal deputy for the state.
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Arthur Lira and Geddel Vieira Lima
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On Thursday (9/11), the lawyer posed next to former President Michel Temer (MDB) at the Brazilian Congress of Law and Sustainability, which took place in Salvador (see images in the gallery).
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From 2014 to 2018, the former minister’s family was represented in the Chamber by Lúcio Vieira Lima (MDB-BA), Geddel’s brother. Lúcio, however, failed to reelect deputy in 2018.
Despite the defeat, Geddel has influence on the Bahia government, led by Jerônimo Rodrigues (PT). The former minister was responsible for nominating the current deputy governor, Geraldo Junior (MDB).
The case of bags and geddel
In 2018, the PF found nine suitcases with money inside an apartment in the neighborhood of Graça, Salvador. The property, according to the investigators, would be used by Geddel to store the amount.
The former minister was denounced by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) for money laundering and criminal association. Condemned, he became imprisoned for a period at the Papuda Complex in Brasilia.
