The deputy of the arrival of Cristina Rodrigues and former PAN employee, Sara Fernandes, denied prosecutor’s accusations related to a “computer blackout” in PAN emails in 2020.
The deputy of the arrival of the Cristina Rodrigues, accused of provoking a “computer blackout” of PAN emails, denied the first session of the trial this Thursday, the prosecutor’s accusation for crimes of damage and illegitimate access.
After the defenses decided to do without the introductory exhibitions, The current deputy of the arrival said he did not want to speak at this stage of the trialwhose first session takes place this morning.
“For now, I just say that I reject the facts that are imputed to me,” said Cristina Rodrigues.
In the order of prosecution, deducted in 2022 and to which the had access, The Public Prosecution Service classified as “very high” the “unlawfulness of the conduct” by Cristina Rodriguesalthough it has considered that a penalty of more than five years should not be applied, as it has no criminal record.
In addition to Cristina Rodrigues, This trial has another defendant, Sara Fernandes, former PAN employeewhich is accused by the prosecutor of the crime of damage related to programs or other computer data, in co -authorship with the current deputy of the arrival.
This former employee, from the legal area in the provision of services in PAN between 2016 and 2022, wanted to make statements today in court, having Denied equally any involvement in the “computer blackout” and considered that this case is “another political war between the party and the deputy who left.”
Accused are suspected of deliberately acting
Sara Fernandes stressed that she was only aware of the departure of Cristina Rodrigues through social networks and even after your departure from the party, He continued to work at Pan until he was a defendant.
At issue in this process is a “computer blackout” in the emails of PAN leaders in 2020when Cristina Rodrigues was still a party deputy.
Cristina Rodrigues then passed the unfinished deputy, when she paraded from Pan, and He later competed in the arrival lists, a party for which he was elected deputy.
The Public Prosecution Service considered that “The defendants acted deliberately, free and consciously, according to a previously set plan, with the aim of prohibiting PAN’s access and its militants to the contents of email messages.” of the party.
“The defendants have removed from that message box thousands of email messages contained therein, which they knew not to have permission to do. They aimed at the defendants – and managed to – prevent the PAN party from continuing their political activity,” reads in the order.
