Isabel dos Santos publicly refuted the opinion of the former governor of Banco de Portugal, guaranteeing that there would be no interference from the “Portuguese state” and pressure on Carlos Costa in relation to the Portuguese bank Banco BIC, of which he was a shareholder. Carlos Costa counts on book Governorjournalist Luis Rosa, who was allegedly called “rudely” by the prime minister, Antonio Costaafter the meeting of the then governor with an Angolan businesswoman and Fernando Telesh.
“The Portuguese state never interfered in my favor and did not put any pressure on my investments,” the Angolan businesswoman assured in an interview with Deutsche Welle. “That governor’s book is not true,” Isabel dos Santos adds, saying she met with Carlos Costa a couple of times to talk about “the bank’s investment in Portugal at the time.”
By the way, the daughter of Jose Eduardo dos Santos is also unhappy with the way she was treated in Portugal. She was cheered when she arrived because Portugal was in the midst of a major financial crisis, and then belittled when the winds in Angola began to change with her father’s departure from the Angolan presidency.
“As companies what i bought here [em Portugal] and where I invested were bankrupt. These were not large successful companies that made money, ”the businesswoman emphasized. “I bought a BPN bank that was bankrupt. It was closed and had 1900, 2000 workers,” he recalled.
In an interview with the Portuguese service of the German public broadcaster, Isabelle dos Santos also expressed regret that Angola has become a country “in which there is no justice” and which “is not a democratic state of law.”
“The Angola judiciary is not independent. Before this happened to me, I had no idea how serious this problem was, but now I do. Now I know that human rights are being violated in Angola. I confess that before that I didn’t know either,” says the businesswoman, who denies knowing about the existence of the arrest warrant international on its own behalf, request Attorney General of Angola.
Claiming that she was the victim of “political persecution” through the Angolan justice, organized by President João Lourenço, who “decided to turn the dos Santos family into a kind of symbol”, Isabel dos Santos behaves defiantly, not giving up political ambitions in Angola, despite the fact that this is a country where he currently does not have “living conditions”.
“Angola needs a government that is up to par. The ruling party is not the one that can live up to the expectations of the Angolans. This is what I believe in today. The MPLA has become a corrupt and law-breaking party. As long as this party is in power, there will be no investment in Angola,” he explained.
That’s why he admits he might one day run for president. “I want to serve my country. If I can ever help make my country a better place and give it the vision it needs, I will take that step, yes. And I believe that many will be with me.”
