MP Goncalves: Provedor’s Office Violates Basic Principles [UNOTIL's Daily Media Review 27 September 2005]
http://www.etan.org/et2005/september/05/dailym27.htm
PSD MP Joao Mendes Goncalves has reportedly said that the Provedor for Human Rights and Justice Sebastião Diaz Ximenes has violated basic principles of justice which state that someone may only be condemned if there is clear evidence and proof as seen in a court of law. Speaking in Parliament’s plenary session on Monday, and related to the current dispute between Akui Leong and Prosecutor General Longuinhos Monteiro, Goncalves explained that the Provedor could not accuse the Prosecutor General of corruption unless this has already been proven in a Court of law. Additionally, he said that according to his knowledge, it is not within the competence of the Provedor to be concerned with such a matter, as the Provedor is empowered to investigate cases of suspected human rights abuses as brought by citizens.
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