Isabel dos Santos defends herself in a statement saying that she was always available. And he claims that he has not been able to access the processes.
The Angolan businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, resident in Dubai, reiterated this Friday, November 1, in a statement, that she has always been contactable and available to be heard in a case in which she is accused of 12 crimes related to her management in the Company. Sonangol oil company.
The position of Isabel dos Santos, who insists that she is in the crosshairs of a “political” process, responds to the statements of the Attorney General of the Republic of Angola, Hélder Pitta Groz, made on Wednesday in Portugal in which he stated that the request for the arrest of Isabel dos Santos in Dubai was already sent “more than a year ago” and is still waiting for it to be carried out.
Angola requested the arrest of Isabel dos Santos in Dubai more than a year ago and is still waiting, says the Angolan Attorney General
“The treatment is clearly unequal. If it were not a political case against the daughter of the former president of the Republic of Angola [José Eduardo dos Santos, falecido a 08 de julho de 2022), o próprio Comité de Avaliação e Análise para o Aumento da Eficiência do Setor Petrolífero, em 2016 dirigido por Edeltrudes Costa, que ordenou e decidiu a contratação de consultores para a reestruturação da Sonangol, seria investigado, bem como os ministros que também seriam investigados e detidos. Isto se não fosse todo este processo um processo político contra uma única pessoa: Isabel dos Santos“, afirma Isabel dos Santos no comunicado.
Nas declarações aos jornalistas em Lisboa, o PGR de Angola lamentou que as autoridades árabes não procedam à detenção de Isabel dos Santos, mas salientou que o mais importante é que a filha do antigo Presidente de Angola se coloque à disposição das autoridades.
“As declarações do senhor procurador-geral da República de Angola confirmam que eu não estou (nem nunca estive) em parte incerta ou desconhecida. Ou seja, é falso que as autoridades angolanas não me conseguem localizar. Como ele próprio declarou, conhece a minha morada e o meu paradeiro há mais de ano e meio, confirmando o que eu sempre afirmei: não sou fugitiva da Justiça”, afirma Isabel dos Santos no comunicado divulgado esta sexta-feira.
“Estou, e sempre estive, disponível para prestar esclarecimentos no interesse da verdade. Durante mais de quatro anos participei e respondi em todos os processos, em Angola, Portugal ou qualquer outra jurisdição, sempre que fui solicitada”, acrescenta.
Pitta Groz denied the accusations of political process presented by the defense of Isabel dos Santos.
“The best way for her [Isabel dos Santos] Being able to demonstrate that it is a political process means putting yourself at the disposal of the Angolan justice bodies and then being able to demonstrate, as you say, with concrete evidence, that it is a political process and not that there are illegal acts, is the best way. to achieve it,” stated the Angolan prosecutor.
However, according to Isabel dos Santos, All processes have been under judicial secrecy for more than four years.both in Portugal and Angola.
It is not possible for me to know the motives or suspicions that exist about me because I am denied access to files. As a consequence of the ‘secret of justice’, I am not allowed to give clarifications or present contradictory evidence, which could eliminate suspicions and prove my innocence and clarify the truth,” responds the Angolan businesswoman.
“For more than four years they have blocked my bank accounts, for more than four years they have prevented me from working, for more than four years they have prevented me from paying taxes or even traveling, for more than four years my shares in my companies are blocked; “It has been more than four years since I have been able to truly defend myself, because everything is secret,” he insisted.
For the defense of Isabel dos Santos, countries that respect the most basic Human Rights do not subject people to judicial secrecy, thus denying, for several years, the right of the person to know the suspicions that fall on them, to defend themselves and present evidence. or clarification to discover the truth.
“Contrary to what the Angolan PGR claims, my case is clearly a political process and the reality of the facts demonstrates this. If it were not a political process, all the other members of the Sonangol board of directors, who worked with me and decided to hire and pay consultants, would be indicted and have arrest warrants, as well as consulting companies such as BCG, McKinsey, PWC, Vieira de Almeida — Sociedade de Advogados, among others, which acted in Sonangol in 2016 and 2017 with more than 130 consultants at its headquarters in Luanda. These would also have arrest warrants and their bank accounts and companies blocked,” argues Isabel dos Santos in the statement.
Isabel dos Santos, previously considered the richest woman in Africa, who has lived outside Angola for several years, is accused of 12 crimes in a case that affects her management at the head of the state oil company Sonangol between 2016 and 2017.
Source: Observadora
