Airbus Bribery claims: Former AG rebuffs media reports

Office of a former Minister Attorney General and Minister for Justice under the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, Marietta Brew Appiah-Opong, has released a statement to debunk allegations and 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 but the statement from the former Minister’s ooffice says the reports 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.

“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,” the statement noted.

Source: ghananewsonline.comn.gh