Sócrates. PSD wants to stop the carousel of lawyer resignations

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Sócrates. PSD wants to stop the carousel of lawyer resignations
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PSD deputies say the proposal will also allow judges to give the defendant's new counsel more time to consult the case file, “without the statute of limitations clock running.”

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José Sócrates is a former Portuguese Prime Minister who led the Socialist Party government from 2005 to 2011. He has been a central figure in high-profile legal cases linked to Operation Marquês, and recent reports say he plans to complain to the UN about Portugal's justice system.

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