"Civil proceedings have a conciliation phase where the parties can negotiate or transact if they reach an understanding", underlined the head of the PGR.
The State claims more than US $ 5 billion in civil cases in which the couple, whose accounts and holdings in Angola were subject to forfeiture in December, are targeted.
In an interview with MFM radio, Isabel dos Santos' husband, Congolese businessman Sindika Dokolo, said it was “in everyone's interest to find a way out as soon as possible”, showing that he is available to negotiate with the authorities.
According to the PGR source, only in the conciliation phase can a negotiation be conducted so that the parties reach an understanding.
For now, the defense of the couple "continues to plead" and advanced with embargoes "to try to undo the arrest", which were dismissed, said the same source, stressing that the tactic of Isabel dos Santos and Sindika Dokolo has been "to throw themselves against the judicial bodies of Portugal and Angola”.