By RFIPalled on 29-08-2018Modified on 29-08-2018 at 10:59

On August 28, a Swiss court sentenced an ex-employee of oil trading company Gunvor to 18 months in prison for recognizing his involvement in "bribery pacts" during oil deals in Congo Brazzaville and in Congo. Ivory Coast between 2009 and 2011.

Pascal C., the employee of oil trading company Gunvor convicted of corruption by the Swiss courts on August 28 , has implicated the highest Congolese authorities in this case. " Misleading accusations ", replies the Minister of Communication and spokesman of the Government of Brazzaville, Thierry Moungalla.

" We have a case totally foreign to the Republic of Congo because it is a former employee of an oil trading company who, for reasons that are totally foreign to the Republic of Congo, are in dispute , he says. Apparently, this former employee who was struggling to probably justify the sums of money he dissipated, would have, to negotiate perhaps a more lenient sentence since he is condemned suspended, decided to swing thoughtlessly names of high personalities including Congo who have nothing to do with the dispute with his employer and some litigious transactions whatsoever .

" The merits of the case do not interest us because no Congolese authority is involved or concerned by oil trading ," continues Thierry Moungalla. We see a desire to dirty the highest authorities of our country. The Government of Congo now reserves the right for each challenge not supported by evidence or material, to engage on behalf of the relevant authorities, the Head of State as other authorities constituted, the prosecution necessary ".

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