“The Portuguese state has never intervened in my favor or put pressure on my investments,” the daughter of former Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos said in an interview with German media outlet Deutsche Well.
“My investments have always been private and have nothing to do with political interventions by the Portuguese state,” he added.
According to the businesswoman, the book by the former governor of Banco de Portugal Carlos Costa contains “a falsehood”.
“This book by the governor of Banco de Portugal says an untruth,” emphasizes Isabel dos Santos, adding that she has met Carlos Costa “a few times”.🇧🇷
“The cases dealt with were related to the management and investments of the bank and were not about political or other pressure,” he said.
Recently, in the book “O Governador”, Carlos Costa accused the prime minister of politically interfering with the banking regulator in the Isabel dos Santos case, arguing that he confirms this in the written message he sent him.
“This week, on the same day he announced a lawsuit, the Prime Minister sent me a written notice acknowledging that he contacted me to convey to me the impropriety of the removal of Engineer Isabel dos Santos. of political power to interfere with the Bank of Portugal,” said Mário Centeno’s predecessor.
The book “O Governador” is the result of a series of interviews by the Observador journalist Luís Rosa with Carlos Costa, who ran Banco de Portugal between 2010 and 2020, and has generated controversy.
The Prime Minister, António Costa, has already declared that he will sue the former governor of Banco de Portugal for insulting his honor, after Mário Centeno’s predecessor reported in the book that he had been pressured by the head of government to pay Isabel not to withdraw. dos Santos of EuroBIC.
Source: DN
