This Thursday, November 20th, former Prime Minister José Sócrates asked the presiding judge of “Operation Marquês” for clarification on possible statutes of limitations for crimes in the process in 2026, which he claims were not discussed in the ongoing trial.
In the request sent to judge Susana Seca, to which the Lusa agency had access, José Sócrates relies on news broadcast in various media outlets to allege that the court transmitted information about the statutes of limitations for crimes that “they were never discussed at a trial hearing nor were they ever put up for discussion by any of the parties”.
At issue are, in particular, crimes of passive corruption and active corruption linked to the Vale de Lobo universe, and which may expire in the first half of 2026, clarification provided by the court through the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM), and which Sócrates claims is illegally interfering in the process.