LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's prosecutor general said on Thursday it had shelved an accusation of financial impropriety against Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho from the 1990s because the statute of limitations had passed.
The prime minister himself asked the prosecutor's office earlier this week to clarify media allegations that he received undeclared payments from a company while he was a member of parliament. Deputies are not allowed to accept outside income.
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