Airbus paid no bribe under NDC – Marietta Brew
Former Attorney General Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong has denied claims
that European airliner Airbus paid bribes to some high ranking
officials during the Mills administration.
The reports which emerged after the company admitted in a UK
court that it paid bribes to officials in some five countries including
Ghana between 2009 and 2015 have sparked rumours in Ghana.
Some Ghanaians have challenged NDC which was in charge of the
governance of the country during the period to respond to the claims.
However, in a statement, the former minister of Justice said the media has misrepresented facts as happened in the court.
“Our attention has been drawn to media reports about a Deferred
Prosecution Agreement (DPA) entered between Airbus SE and the United
Kingdom Serious Fraud Office in respect of the practice of Airbus SE in
paying commission to its agents and the use of those commissions. The
reports alleging that Airbus SE paid bribes during the administration of
President John Evans Atta Mills and John Dramani Mahama are false,
misleading and do not reflect the Approved Judgment.
“Indeed, the Approved Judgment of the Crown Court of Southwark
approving the DPA between Airbus and the UK Serious Fraud Office does
not allege that any payment was made by Airbus to any Ghanaian
Government official,” the statement said.
It added: “It is therefore a gross distortion for the media to
conclude that officials of the Ghana Government between 2009 and 2015
were bribed or paid any commissions by Airbus for the acquisition of the
Casa C-295 aircrafts”.
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