Prosecutor who accused and investigated Socrates was in court this Thursday, the day the former minister is dismissed to be present.
The former prime minister asked dismissal on Wednesday afternoon to the collective chaired by Judge Susana Seco, for having to travel to Brazil for academic reasons. The request was accepted by the magistrate and so the former minister was absent from the trial. The biggest surprise turned out to be the presence of prosecutor Rosario Teixeira.
The prosecutor who accused and investigated Socrates It was not forced to be, even if the other prosecutor could not have come, but decided to appear yet.
This Thursday the chapter of the process under discussion refers to Vale do Lobo, and a Former administrator who tried to negotiate with Caixa Geral de Depósitos a loan of about 220 million euros.
At the time of the investigation, the Public Prosecution Service, with Rosario Teixeira as the prosecutor of the process, concluded that there was a loanbut only with The intervention of José Sócrates. In addition, this loan also involved Armando Varawho was the president of Caixa Geral de Depósitos.
As it turned out that this happened, Both Socrates and Vara will have received one million euros as a counterpart.
The businessman of Vale do Lobo, this Thursday heard in court, claims that, of what he knows, There was no political interference.
The former prime minister is one of the 21 defendants of Operation Marquis and responds mostly for corruption and laundering of capital.
The 21 defendants have generally denied the practice of the 117 economic and financial crimes that are imputed to them.
The trial began on July 3 at the Central Criminal Court of Lisbon and Socrates is dismissed from the next sessions of the trial.
