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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The judge in Mozambique\u2019s principal \u2018hidden debts\u2019 trial, Efig\u00e9nio Baptista, has postponed the reading of the sentence to November 30, on the grounds of the \u201ccomplexity\u201d of the case.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the special complexity of the case, the [\u2026] more than 30,000 pages and the overload of work with the seizures, embargoes and interlocutory appeals, the date of reading the sentence will be postponed,\u201d an order signed by the judge which Lusa has seen today reads.<\/p>\n

The reading of the sentence of the trial, which began on August 23, 2021, was scheduled for August 1, but the case judge had already warned of the possibility of it being postponed.<\/p>\n

The process involves 19 defendants accused by the Mozambican justice of having associated in a \u201cgang\u201d and defrauding the Mozambican state of about US$2.7 billion (\u20ac2.3 billion) raised with government guarantees from international banks.<\/p>\n

In its closing arguments, the Mozambican Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office (PGR) asked the court for a maximum sentence for eight of the 19 defendants, a sentence close to the maximum for ten of the defendants and the acquittal of just one.<\/p>\n

The prosecution also asked the court to order the defendants to pay compensation worth US$2.7 billion, the \u2018hidden debts\u2019 total, plus interest of US$850,500.00, calculated to 2019.<\/p>\n

The loans, worth around \u20ac2.3 billion, were endorsed by the government led by Armando Guebuza, without the knowledge of parliament or the country\u2019s Administrative Tribunal watchdog.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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