Affaire Arcelor Mittal : révélations sur l’accord secret
The senior judge at the Dakar court has begun hearings in the Arcelor Mittal case. Aly Ngouille Ndiaye, the Minister of Mines at the time of the events, was the first to appear in the magistrate's office this Wednesday.
"He was questioned specifically on the terms of the transactional agreement sealed between Senegal and the global steel giant," said L'Observateur, which returned to the clauses of the transaction in question in its Thursday edition.
In addition to Aly Ngouille Ndiaye, former Prime Minister Amadou Bâ, Minister of Economy and Finance during the period in question, and Birima Mangara, responsible for the Budget at that time, are also announced in the office of the senior judge.
Veto of the State Judicial Agent
These ministers of the Macky Sall regime are for the moment simple witnesses in this affair which led to the opening of a judicial investigation for criminal association, corruption, receiving stolen goods, money laundering, fraud and complicity.
According to L'Observateur, it all started with the refusal of the State Judicial Agent at the time, Aïssé Gassama Tall, to approve by signing the protocol which she considered to be drawn up to the detriment of national interests.
The daily newspaper of the Future Media Group, which consulted the document dated May 30, 2014, reports that the agreement bears the signatures of Aly Ngouille Ndiaye and Amadou Bâ, for approval on behalf of the State of Senegal.
This was intended to put an end to the dispute between the State and Arcelor Mittal, which had been decided in favor of the former. The Arbitration Tribunal declared that the steel group had failed to meet its commitments for the exploitation of iron from Falémé; withdrawing its right to exploit the resource and exposing it to financial sanctions.
Funds sent to BNP Paribas
In the protocol in question, Dakar agreed to bury the case in exchange for Arcelor paying $150 million (just under 90 billion CFA francs): "$140 million [$78.6 billion CFA francs] in damages and $10 million [$5.62 billion CFA francs] as reimbursement of costs, particularly those related to the arbitration," explains L'Observateur.
The newspaper continues: "The agreement specifies that the payment was to be made by bank transfer, within a maximum of two working days in London, to accounts opened with the Caisse des Règlements Pécuniaires des avocats au barreau de Paris (CARPA)."
But, the same source points out, the money will be deposited in the account of French lawyer François Meyer at BNP Paribas.
To make matters worse, L'Observateur adds, the agreement stipulates that "it cannot, under any circumstances, constitute recognition of the merits of the arguments of either party," imposes a "ten-year confidentiality clause, which can only be lifted under strict legal or accounting conditions," and "is subject to French law."
Commentaires (10)
APR, allez vous reposez.
C'est pas la peine de m'insulter nak SVP.
Je parle de l'avocat français. L'état du Sénégal doit le contraindre à parler. Sinon, il lui porte plainte au Barreau de paris. Il sera puni, peut-être démis de son titre d'avocat. Son acte est puni, ici en France. Je pratique ici, je sais de quoi je parle!
Tout quoi, depuis Avril 2024.
on va rire et ça se passera au grand Théâtre
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