Until 9:20 pm this Monday, lawyers and defendants remained inside the Central Criminal Investigation Court.
The first judicial interrogation of Avelino Farinha was concluded today.
The alleged corruption process in the Autonomous Region of Madeira is taking longer than expected. From 5:30 pm, the time in which Avelino Farinha’s first judicial interrogation was concluded, and until 9:20 pm, procedural steps were taking place.
Lawyers André Navarro de Noronha, Paulo Sá e Cunha and Raul Soares da Veiga, representatives of Custódio Correia, Pedro Calado and Avelino Farinha, respectively, are meeting with the criminal investigation judge, with the prosecutors and with the judicial officer to take care of procedures procedural.
According to what was possible to find out from a judicial source, in addition to making some requests, the interrogation records and minutes of questions and answers are being signed.
The first judicial interrogation of former mayor Pedro Calado, the last of three defendants to be heard, is only expected to begin tomorrow, after 14 days of detention.
The coercive measures will be applied by the criminal investigation judge at the end of the interrogations, something that should only happen at the end of this week or even at the beginning of next week.