PGR regulates preventive investigations and sets a period of up to nine months for a decision
These actions can now only be opened by the Central Department for Investigation and Criminal Prosecution (DCIAP) in Lisbon, and may not include telephone wiretaps.
Gouveia e Melo says he is the target of a 'character assassination attempt'
Presidential candidate Gouveia e Melo said on Tuesday that he was the target of a 'character assassination attempt', without specifying by whom, and welcomed the clarification from the Attorney General's Office (PGR) that he is not a formal suspect. He told journalists this at the end of a visit to the Associação Luiz Pereira da Mota in Loures, in the district of ...
Did Marques Mendes receive different treatment from the Attorney General's Office (PGR)?
Were there double standards at the Attorney General's Office? A preliminary inquiry into Pedro Nuno Santos began based on an anonymous complaint, while the same procedure was not opened for Marques Mendes. And Spinumviva: is the case closed?
Attorney General (PGR) does not open investigation into Mendes after analysing complaint
The PGR refused to confirm to Observador a report about payments from a construction firm to Mendes. Four days later it says it has analysed the complaint, that no crime is involved, and that it forwarded all materials to the Tax Authority (AT).
