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The judge presiding over the panel that was to try the smaller case separated from Operação Marquês has decided not to start the trial and to refer the files back to the main case, to be judged together.
The judge presiding over the trial separated from the Operação Marquês case has decided against beginning proceedings, ordering that the case be merged with the main trial to ensure a joint evaluation of the facts. Judge Ruben Vieira ruled that the cases are intrinsically connected and that a joint trial would avoid unnecessary duplication of evidence and the risk of contradictory rulings. The accused, former Prime Minister José Sócrates and businessman Carlos Santos Silva, welcomed the decision, which prevents them from facing two parallel trials for related charges of money laundering.
Judge Susana Seca has refused for the third time the request to terminate the proceedings against Ricardo Salgado within the scope of Operação Marquês, reports Observador. The defence for the former president of BES based the third request on a 'new fact' which was 'legally relevant': the suspension of the execution of the sentence decreed in June.
The judge explains that due to the enormous length of the case and the high number of complex issues to decide, it is not possible to draft the verdict within the “optimistically” scheduled timeframe.
Consultancy firm Roland Berger employed Manuel Pinho, his son, and his stepdaughter. The Public Prosecutor's Office suspected these were kickbacks for the hiring of the German company by Turismo de Portugal for one million euros.
In the indictment, the Public Prosecutor's Office alleges that it was Sócrates who, in 2008, expressed the intention to bring forward the tender to illegitimately favour the Lena group.
José Sócrates insisted on the thesis that businessman Carlos Santos Silva helped him out of “admiration.” The judge was skeptical.
The inquiry arises following a complaint filed with the Attorney General's Office related to the Football Leaks case
José Sócrates promised he would address money circuits but begins his interrogation by rehashing old accusations against the Justice system—which, he says, judges 'demented' people like Salgado.
It was the former prime minister who requested to be heard, after having responded to nearly a dozen sessions in Operation Marquês.
Former Prime Minister José Sócrates has taken legal action against the prosecutor responsible for the high-profile Operation Marquês corruption case.
Former Prime Minister José Sócrates will be tried in the secondary case of Operation Marquês by a panel presided over by a judge with less than four years of service, which is less than the general rule for central courts.
The Public Prosecution Service (MP) will appeal the decision not to indict two former government officials under Sócrates, Paulo Macedo and Carlos Costa Pina, in the road PPP case, regarding five counts of economic participation in business. This part of the case relates to the 2010 renegotiation of five road concession contracts signed between...
Corruption case in the Ministry of Defence has 73 defendants. They waited for an hour without any information from the court.
The presiding judge maintains the pace of three sessions per week until the end of the year, interrupting the work schedule only for judicial holiday periods.
Three lawyers were assigned to José Sócrates. In the trial of the Marquês Case, the former prime minister chose a new defence lawyer. The Bar Association appointed a court-appointed lawyer, and the court appointed another.
Former prime minister guarantees that no amount from that business passed through his bank accounts
Between a death and resignations, Operation Marquês is not progressing in the courts. The legal loophole exploited by Sócrates through the resignation of his defence team threatens to collapse the entire case.
The session is taking place at the Justice Campus in Lisbon.
The former prime minister, a defendant in Operation Marquis, has lodged a complaint with the UN Human Rights Council.
Ruling by Judge Susana Seca finds in favour of the former prime minister.
