The controversies involving Isabel dos Santos have been various in recent years and one of the latest is about the pressure that António Costa will have exerted on Carlos Costa, former governor of the Bank of Portugal, regarding the departure of Isabel dos Santos from the BIC administration. . And this Wednesday, in an interview with DW and without revealing which country she is in, Isabel dos Santos denied any favoritism on the part of the Executive headed by António Costa.
“The Portuguese state has never intervened on my behalf, nor has it exerted any kind of pressure on my investments,” said the daughter of José Eduardo dos Santos, former president of Angola. These words come after the publication of the book “O Governador”, in which it can be read that António Costa tells the former director of the Bank of Portugal that “the daughter of the president of a country friendly to Portugal cannot be treated badly”. . It is about the departure of Isabel dos Santos from the BIC administration due to reputational problems related to banking operations of the daughter of José Eduardo dos Santos suspected of money laundering.
It was “inappropriate” to dismiss Isabel dos Santos. The president sends an SMS to Carlos Costa confirming the call about EuroBic
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Source: Observadora
