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Manuel Vicente, former president of Sonangol and former vice president of Angola, repudiated, in a statement, the allegations of Mário Leite da Silva, manager of the Isabel dos Santos companies, about an allegedly falsified Sonangol supply contract in the company. Dutch company Esperaza, related to the purchase of an indirect position in Galp Energia.
Regarding the complaint of Mário Leite da Silva, Manuel Vicente (until 2012 president of Sonangol, owner of 60% of Esperaza, the other 40% being Exem Energy, Sindika Dokolo and Isabel dos Santos) says that “the strategy of defense of someone who will surely be in serious trouble. “
Manuel Vicente admits, in the statement, that he will analyze “in his own seat” and together with his lawyers “the most appropriate means of reaction to this attack now carried out by Dr. Mário Leite da Silva” but also to all those who do so. have made. made or is likely to carry out similar attacks.
It is recalled that Mário Leite da Silva’s complaint denounced that a November 2005 supply contract between Sonangol and Esperaza was false, alleging that at that time Sonangol was not yet a shareholder in Esperaza, wholly owned by ABN Amro. At that stage, Sonangol was chaired by Manuel Vicente.
Vicente says that Mário Leite da Silva’s complaint is “a clearly false accusation” and shows bad faith on the part of its authors.
