Seems none of them know the true or what’s what, it’s a duffent story everyday day at the monent.
The Attorney General’s Office guarantees that there is evidence of crime by Pedro Calado, Avelino Farinha and Custódio Correia.
The Public Ministry attributes responsibility to the criminal investigation judge, Jorge Bernardes de Melo, for the delay in the first judicial interrogations of the three defendants detained on suspicion of corruption in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.
In a statement issued this Friday, February 16, the Attorney General’s Office regrets the “long period of time that elapsed from the arrests to the issuance of the aforementioned order” and frees itself from any blame for the slowness of the process it carried out with that those under investigation would be detained for three weeks awaiting the application of coercive measures.
The official document states that the Public Prosecutor’s Office “tried to raise awareness, on multiple occasions and through the means at their disposal”, to the judicial magistrate of “the unusual delay recorded” and “the need to” ensure “greater speed” in interrogations ongoing.
The defense of Pedro Calado, Avelino Farinha and Custódio Correia requested, twice, the release of the detained defendants until the coercive measures were known, requests that ended up being rejected by the criminal investigation judge. The lawyers justified that the Public Prosecutor’s Office was against restoring the freedom of those being investigated, pointing to the danger of escape and disruption of the investigation.
In recent weeks, the defendants’ lawyers justified the delays in starting the first judicial interrogation with “lapses in the Public Prosecutor’s presentation” and “difficulties in accessing the evidentiary elements”.
The Attorney General’s Office guaranteed today, in the same statement, that there is evidence of crimes linked to public procurement in the Region by the former vice-president of the Regional Government, Pedro Calado, the leader of the AFA group, Avelino Farinha, and the CEO of Socicorreia, Custódio Correia.
The Attorney General’s Office emphasizes that there are signs of crime in the investigation in Madeira
SIC Notícias cites a statement issued today by the PGR
The evidence collected, expresses the MP, points “indicatively, in a consistent and sustained manner, to the commission of a set of illicit acts, and to the need to apply coercive measures more severe than the term of identity and residence”.