The defenses of the defendants Horta e Costa and Armando Vara, in the Vale do Lobo case related to Operation Marquês, attacked the Public Prosecutor's Office strategy this Monday. The lawyers denounced what they classified as a "carousel of theories" on the part of the prosecutors, regarding the statute of limitations dates applied to the case.
The defenders criticized the way the MP has successively changed the arguments about when the statute of limitations periods for crimes begin, which they consider harmful to their clients. This issue of statute of limitations dates has been a central point in the defense strategy.
Armando Vara went further in his allegations, publicly signaling the possibility of the existence of a crime of prevarication on the part of the prosecutors. This accusation against the Public Prosecutor's Office represents a significant escalation in the dispute between the defenses and the prosecution.
The Vale do Lobo case is part of the broader context of Operation Marquês, an investigation involving former Prime Minister José Sócrates and various figures from the Portuguese business and political world.
