Former Minister Rafael Ramírez said that the accusations of alleged corruption are “false” because all of PDVSA’s financial operations during his administration were audited by the international company KPMG, and also reviewed by the international law firm Hogan and Lovells.
The former minister and former president of PDVSA Rafael Ramírez responded to the accusations of corruption against him, made on the morning of Tuesday the 30th by Tareck El Aissami, and asserted that they are part of a “hysterical attack” in response to his possible presidential candidacy.
In various messages on his Twitter accountRamírez said that these accusations are a “rotten pot” by El Aissami, “wanted and punished by international justice for serious crimes, including drug trafficking, which removes all legitimacy from his accusations.”
According to the minister, Rafael Ramírez allegedly embezzled 4,850 million dollars through a network that allowed PDVSA resources to be diverted to funds abroad during the 2012-2013 period. For this requested an arrest warrant international against him.
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The former minister explained that the accusations are “false” because all of PDVSA’s financial operations during his administration were audited by the international company KPMG, and also reviewed by the international law firm Hogan and Lovells.
3) All financial operations of PDVSA during my administration are audited by the international firm KPMG and published. Of course, all the loans entered the company, they are reflected there. I invite you to review it
– Rafael Ramírez (@RRamirezVE) August 30, 2022
«The loans in bolivars, necessary to respond to the workers and the industry, were paid with 50% discounts in favor of PDVSA. They were operations favorable to the company, again I invite you to review it », he said.
In addition, Ramírez said that “madurismo tries to do to me what the right did to Lula, the same script, the same arguments, but none of this will stop us! This strategy is called “Lawfare” and it is used for political persecution in our region».
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