The Superior Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (CSMP) will proceed with an investigation into the investigation carried out by now judge Ivo Rosa. The information was provided to Lusa by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), invoking article 264 of the Public Ministry Statute. Which says: “The Superior Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office may order the carrying out of an investigation process regarding a complaint, participation or information that does not constitute a clear violation of the duties of the Public Prosecutor’s Office magistrates”, the investigation process being intended “to investigate the veracity of the participation, complaint or information, and to assess whether the reported conduct is likely to constitute a disciplinary infraction”.
According to a CNN/TVI investigation, in 2021, months before issuing the instructive decision in the Operação Marquês case, Ivo Rosa was the target of a criminal case triggered by an anonymous complaint, which, despite containing “inconsistencies”, allegedly led to the investigation of the judge’s banking, tax and personal life. The breach of confidentiality, access to detailed billing and cell phone geolocation, field surveillance by the PJ’s National Anti-Corruption Unit only became known to Ivo when the news was made public.
The Attorney General’s Office (PGR), on October 6, guaranteed that “no telephone interceptions were carried out”.
“The steps taken respected all legally enshrined rights, freedoms and guarantees”, informed the PGR, adding that all procedures will have been subject to prior judicial authorization and/or validated by a judge in all cases provided for in the Law.
According to CNN/TVI, the complaint that led to the investigation into the judge pointed to suspicions of corruption, embezzlement and money laundering. The case would end up archived in March 2024.
Em 2021, Rosa dropped most of the crimes attributed by the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the defendants in Operation Marquês, among whom the former prime minister José Sócrates stands out, a decision later reversed by the Lisbon Relation.