António Gentil, who was speaking to journalists on his way out of the Supreme Court, which sentenced the four defendants in the process to prison terms, said that the plenary judges will make "a more calm, more calm analysis and will be able to make the necessary considerations for a case of great magnitude and complexity ".
The defense lawyers of the four defendants announced their intention to appeal the penalties applied to the Plenary, the highest court of the Supreme Court.
"What is certain is that, as an appeal body, the plenary judges have greater serenity and I think that in a climate of greater serenity, and depending on what we are going to claim, they will be able to have a new appreciation", said the causidic.
Asked about the non-validation of the letter from ex-President José Eduardo dos Santos, and father of José Filomeno dos Santos, who said he gave the order to transfer the 500 million dollars from the National Bank of Angola (BNA) to the account of a a foreign company in London said that "it will be the subject of an argument" before the Plenary and that defense lawyers will use "valid arguments" to try to clarify the judges of the higher court.
