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PGR says Isabel dos Santos never showed willingness to collaborate with authorities

The Angolan Attorney General (PGR) said in Luanda that businesswoman Isabel dos Santos never directly showed interest in collaborating with Angolan authorities.

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Hélder Pitta Grós, who spoke this Wednesday to Angolan media and announced that the daughter of former President José Eduardo dos Santos was constituted accused of alleged mismanagement and embezzlement of funds at the oil company Sonangol, said there were signs of collaboration with justice, “but they were no more than that”.

"In practice, nothing happened, so we cannot confirm that she is willing or not to negotiate, which, in what terms, it was necessary to be more explicit if it is her will", he said.

However, continued Hélder Pitta Grós, “justice must never close the door to any citizen”, must always be ready to meet their aspirations, remembering that each case is different.

According to the magistrate, it is necessary to conform the citizen's expressed and concrete will to negotiate with what the law establishes.

“We cannot negotiate in a way, in which we will say that if you come and return [the money] that there is no crime or that we will not continue to institute a criminal proceeding, but that it will indeed be a laudable attitude and that justice it will take into account when analyzing whether or not to proceed with the accusation. This gesture of the citizen will certainly be taken into account”, he stressed.

Hélder Pitta Grós recalled that the capital recovery process in Angola had two phases, the first of which was voluntary delivery by citizens, which took place between June and December 2018, followed by the coercive phase, so this whole situation must be addressed. framed in the legislation that was produced.

On whether there are other cases to be investigated before Isabel do Santos' management at Sonangol, the PGR said yes, but to a lesser extent.

"We have cases from situations prior to Isabel dos Santos, there are cases in progress and we are working on them and as soon as they are concluded we will know whether or not we have enough criminal material to proceed with the prosecution and take it to court", he said.

And Hélder Pitta Grós added: "This case of hers is not the only one, but we have other cases, it is unique in the sense of the proportion it had".

Following the disclosure of 'Luanda Leaks', Isabel dos Santos said she was the victim of an orchestrated political attack to neutralize it and maintained that the allegations made against her are "completely unfounded", promising to "fight in international courts" to "restore the truth".

According to the documents, Isabel dos Santos and Sindika Dokolo have shareholdings in companies and goods, such as real estate, in countries such as Angola, Portugal, United Kingdom, Dubai and Monaco.

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