Prevarication? Mayor of Vila Franca do Campo will appeal the judgment

Ricardo Rodrigues (PS) was today sentenced to a suspended sentence of three years and four months in prison for prevarication and the loss of office. “Following the decision of the court of first instance, which I will naturally appeal to, I think that the most appropriate place to clarify the people of Vilafranquense and take a definitive position on this matter will be the next Municipal Assembly, to be held on April 10 [Thursday],” Ricardo Ro…

Mayor Ricardo Rodrigues (PS) was also sentenced to the loss of office. At issue is the granting of the restoration space of the Rotunda dos Frades to Luís Rodrigues, the mayor's brother, a case that dates back to 2018, when the Attorney General's Office opened an investigation into that act. The mayor of Vila Franca do Campo, on the island of São Miguel, who had been on trial since January, was accused of the crimes of prevarication and abuse of…

Ricardo Rodrigues heard the judgment of the case in which he is accused of the crimes of prevarication and abuse of power due to the concession of a restaurant space.