President of MDB in Bahia Lucio Vieira Lima opened the game about the political future of his family. Former integration minister, his brother Gueddel Vieira Lima, said he did not intend to run for any elective office again after his arrest in the 51 million reais bunker case.

Both were federal deputies elected by Bahia. Lucio Vieira Lima said that he also did not want to know more about running and that from now on he would manage his life behind the scenes of politics.

“‘Nobody [possibilidade de se candidatar]. I was once asked, and I said: “It’s easier for me to go naked on the streets of El Salvador than to participate in elections.” There will be no more Vieira Lima, unless some Vieira Lima wants to compete. There is no indication that “Vieira Lima, go play.” My children, no one has expressed a desire. My nieces, no one has expressed a desire. Am I going to nominate?” he said in an interview with A Tarde FM radio this Thursday morning (29).

He concluded by making it clear that he hoped the scenario would change within the family: “If there is any grandchild tomorrow who gets through student politics and proves himself, he will be very welcome. And I hope the people will elect him.” .

According to Lucio Vieira Lima, being backstage is more comfortable and he feels he is contributing more to the political debate without having to worry about the candidate – hence being able to say what he wants without fear that the volume of votes compromised by that or other declaration.

“You don’t go into politics just for the sake of an elective mandate. Often you provide more services to the public without a mandate than with a mandate. Now, for example, I am much more free to express my opinion. sincere, shall we say, because I don’t have to be wary of influence in terms of voting. Today I am a political observer,” he joked.

He believes that without running for office, his opinion is listened to more impartially than when he was a candidate.

“As a candidate, you lose a little. With the interest of voting, no one will want to say that you are super sincere. You are not lying, but be careful what you say, avoid getting into some things,” he said.

On October 22, 2019, the Second Bench of the Federal Supreme Court (ASF) sentenced Lucio Vieira Lima to ten years and six months in a high security regime. His brother Geddel Vieira Lima was sentenced in the same case to 14 years and 10 months in a maximum security prison.

The two brothers were sentenced to a semi-open regime in 2021 when Justice Luis Edson Fachin of the Federal Supreme Court excluded the crime of the criminal organization from his sentences. However, the money laundering conviction remained.