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The former prime minister also attacks the Public Prosecutor's Office and the President of the Bar Association, while further criticising the continuation of the trial next Tuesday.
Beyond the headlines, there are those who accept defending the country's most unpopular defendant for twenty-two euros an hour. And who are treated as accomplices.
A 42-year-old man was stalking and threatening his 46-year-old ex-partner, from whom he had been separated for over a year. He was arrested and the court ordered him to stay away from the victim.
The president of the Lisbon Regional Council of the Bar Association guarantees that if the choice is to hold another draw, “the process will be quick, but it is a shot in the dark” because the new court-appointed lawyer may refuse to defend Sócrates. A more lasting solution with a lawyer who agrees in advance to the conditions imposed by the court “will take longer.”
A 2 million bribe for a 200 million CGD loan to Vale do Lobo will expire in June.
Expert reports confirm the woman has a pathological inclination for theft, but the courts state she is accountable, presenting a “significantly diminished culpability”. She must pay €2880, more than the value of what she stole.
The man is also accused of promising employment to several people at different companies, claiming to have the influence to facilitate hiring.
Marco António Amaro was the eighth defence lawyer for José Sócrates, among four chosen by the defendant and four court-appointed. However, one week after being appointed by the Bar Association, the court-appointed lawyer resigned from the mandate. The reasons are objective: the impossibility of examining the case file within such a short period of ten days.
José Sócrates has once again been left without legal representation. This is the fourth court-appointed lawyer (nominated by the State) to step down. According to CNN Portugal, Marco António Amaro has resigned from the former Prime Minister's defence team in the Operação Marquês case, having filed a request for recusal with the Lisbon Regional Council of the Bar Association. This decision once again...
Marco António Amaro requested to be excused by the Bar Association one week after asking to review the case file. He cited a lack of “time” and “cooperation from the defendant”. The Bar Association president says the solution is to “pay a full-time salary” to a new court-appointed lawyer. Sócrates has not yet chosen a new lawyer.
