The defense of the former president of the Institute of Registries and Notaries (IRN) argued today that the visa gold process, António Figueiredo is not judged by the money laundering because this was “stuck to the force” in the indictment.
Rui Patrício claimed in preliminary hearings of the visa process gold whose order to determine whether the accused will or not the judgment will be delivered to 078 April by judge Carlos Alexander Central Court of Criminal Instruction (TCIC).
Carlos Alexander, who has several processes in hand, admitted that only it would be possible to issue orders to 08 April, at the 17 or March 18 will have to promote the amendment of the procedural status of Anthony Figueiredo, who is under house arrest with electronic bracelet.
in practice, the judge TCIC was to recognize that, once exhausted the legal term to keep António Figueiredo under house arrest, the former president of IRN will have necessarily be released.
at the end of the session, Rui Patrício confirmed that the legal deadline for the enforcement measure imposed its constituent ends within days, but did not want to talk about predictable release António Figueiredo, already the indictment or not pronunciation will not be issued until that date, but April 8.
in addition to asking not ponúncia António Figueiredo by the money laundering, an offense that believes that the prosecutor “had more eyes that belly,” Rui Patrício also requested that the court recognizes nothings accused the defense on the facts with which António Figueiredo was not confronted in the investigation headquarters.
Rui Patrício claimed although, in charge of the MP, there are crimes imputed to his constituent who consume other, exemplifying the crime of corruption that absorbs influence peddling.
the lawyer criticized the MP for a “right voluntarism accusatory” the “interpretation of the evidence” and rebelled against the fact that one of the attorneys have said that there was strong evidence of a document recently presented by the defense António Figueiredo be “false”.
Rui Patrício also asked has “legal consequences” that the accused was not confronted by the MP, at the investigation stage, with certain facts that were imputed to the defendant.
Paulo Sá e Cunha, Chinese citizen lawyer Xia Baoling, stressed that there is only “+ indirect evidence” against his client and that it could never be appointed as co-author of crimes just because paced the official car of Antonio Figueiredo, visiting some palaces to invest.
” Xiao Baoling is a species of fish that fell on the network (MP) “, joked, stressing that the Chinese investor was an” accidental tourist “in all this, it should be acquitted.
avdogados of John Salgado, of Coimbra Editora administrator, and Fernando Pereira (family of Antonio Figueiredo) also asked not gone to trial of its constituents, leaving critical to the performance of the MP.
in the morning, the MP defended going to trial for all defendants of the Visa process ‘Gold’, in a case where it was considered to have been commoditized “the foundations of the state apparatus”.
“There are firearms and spices is mercadejaram here. What mercadejou here are the foundations of the state apparatus at the highest level, “said Attorney Susana Figueiredo.
In total, in the case Visas ‘Gold’, they were charged 17 defendants, including former Interior Minister Miguel Macedo, former national director of Aliens and Borders Manuel Jarmela Palos, former president of the Institute of Registries and Notaries António Figueiredo and former secretary general of the Ministry of Justice Maria Antonia Anes.
Operation Labyrinth, which involved several searches and 11 arrests in November 2014, is related to the acquisition of visas ‘Gold’ and investigates evidence of active and passive corruption, improper receipt of benefit, prevarication, embezzlement use, abuse of power and influence peddling
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