As you know, Orlando Figueira, the former prosecutor convicted of corruption in the Operation Fizz case, will be arrested in the next few hours. CM. The verdict of the former prosecutor was confirmed by the Lisbon Court of Appeal on November 24, 2021.
Orlando Figueira was sentenced in 2018 to six years and eight months in prison for crimes related to corruption, money laundering, breach of judicial secrecy and forgery in the case of former Angolan Vice President Manuel Vicente. Late last year, he was also expelled from the judiciary by the Superior Council of the Ministry of State (CSMP).
The former magistrate’s defense filed several appeals, which were not accepted by the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court.
A lawyer for former prosecutor Orlando Figueira said on Wednesday that she had reviewed the request for an arrest warrant and confirmed his willingness to voluntarily appear in Evora, but understood that a suspensive appeal was pending.
“There is an appeal that is still pending in the Supreme Court (STJ) and I will consider it,” lawyer Carla Mariño told Lusa after the SIC said this afternoon that the arrest of the former prosecutor will take place next year . several hours, arrest warrants have now been issued.
Carla Mariño said she believes the appeal to STJ has a suspensive effect.
“If this is not the case, Dr Orlando Figueira will appear at Évora prison if it turns out that this appeal is not pending,” he said, adding that it “makes sense” for the former magistrate to voluntarily appear to serve his sentence of six years and the eight months in prison he was sentenced to in the 2018 Operation Fizz case because he had always said he was willing to serve his sentence.
“It will be so. There is no need to conduct it,” the lawyer said.
The “Operation Fizz” trial involves payments of more than 760 thousand euros from former Angolan vice-president Manuel Vicente and an offer of employment to Orlando Figueira as a legal adviser to Banco Privado Atlântico in Angola in exchange for archiving investigations involving the former Sonangol president and namely the acquisition of luxury real estate in the Estoril Sol building for 3.8 million euros.
Author: morning Post This Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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