Geddel Vieira Lima is convicted of administrative misconduct.
Michel Temer's former minister was convicted of pressuring then-Culture Minister Marcelo Calero to authorize the construction of a luxury building in Salvador, where Geddel had purchased an apartment.
247 - Former minister Geddel Vieira Lima was convicted this Tuesday, the 31st, by the Federal Court of the Federal District, for the crime of administrative misconduct. Geddel will have to pay an amount equivalent to ten times his salary at the time, which was approximately R$ 30.
According to the action brought by the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF), in June 2016, Geddel pressured the then Minister of Culture, Marcelo Calero, to produce a technical report favorable to the release of the construction of a luxury building in Salvador (BA).
The politician from Bahia, a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), had purchased a housing unit on the 23rd floor of the "La Vue" building, whose initial design had not been approved by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage (Iphan).