Socrates Accused Cost of Cover by Silence Relative to Manuel Pinho

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Former Prime Minister says that Antonio Costa could have already explained that he was the one who presented Manuel Pinho to José Socrates and not Manuel Salgado.

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At the end of the first session of the judgment of the Marques Operation, José Sócrates justified Antonio Costa’s call as a witness, stating that he was the former prime minister who presented him to Manuel Pinho, and not Ricardo Salgado. He also accused Costa of maintaining silence all these years “by cobardia”.

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The former prime minister admits that the distance in relation to Ant or Costa caused "some suffering, but that was h 10 years, not now".