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In the proceedings for defamation, slander and false testimony, the Public Prosecutor's Office considers that 'sufficient indications of the commission of the reported crimes' were not found and that the procedure is 'legally inadmissible' because the deadline for filing a complaint had expired.
Former prime minister José Sócrates has lodged a complaint about the Portuguese justice system with the United Nations Human Rights Council (UN). The complaint comes days after he was left without a lawyer in the Operation Marquis case; he blamed the court for that and said he would pursue further legal remedies to defend his rights. At a press conference...
Tuesday's session was marked by the testimony of three witnesses in the proceedings involving former prime minister José Sócrates.
José Preto accuses Judge Susana Seca of 'intimidation' and insists on a five-and-a-half-month period to inspect the case file, despite having already resigned from José Sócrates's defence after refusing to accept being denied the same time as the Public Prosecutor's Office to review the indictment. The appeal will be decided by the Lisbon Court of Appeal.
At 15:00, former prime minister José Sócrates finds himself again without legal representation.
Inês Louro was called by the court to replace José Preto, who is hospitalised with pneumonia. The court-appointed lawyer is expected to ask for time to review the case file.
Appellate judges upheld the hearing judge's decision not to send José Sócrates's former employer at Octapharma to trial on tax fraud charges, stalling the Public Prosecutor's appeal.
