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1367Pour poursuivre et compléter la nouvelle mise en ligne hier 5 février 2010 dans cette rubrique, on peut se reporter à nouveau au Guardian de ce 6 février 2010. A côté de la satisfaction de voir BAE obligé de passer aux aveux, il y a l’amertume de constater que ces aveux ne comprennent pas l’accusation de corruption qui aurait exclu BAE du marché US, et que le marché conclu entre les autorités et le conglomérat britannique implique des amendes absolument ridicules par rapport à l'argent récolté des forfaits divers commis, – tout en laissant BAE libre de poursuivre ses activités, avec la probité qu’on lui connaît. (Tout cela, sans parler de la complicité des hommes politiques, Tony Blair au premier rang d'entre eux.)
Aussi donnons-nous dans cet extrait de l’article cité toutes les réserves citées à cet égard. Une seule possibilité de satisfaction: que cet accord, qui voit deux gouvernements unis pour sauver BAE de l’opprobre et de la faillite au moindre coût, ouvre la voie vers une enquête indépendante qui nous conduirait jusqu’au fond sans fond des choses…
«…The Liberal Democrats' deputy leader, Vince Cable, said last night that BAE Systems had succeeded in ensuring that key details of its arms deals would remain hidden. “The one positive thing is we have now had an acknowledgement from BAE Systems that unacceptable practices were being conducted. But nobody has been brought to account.” He added: “The British government was up to its neck in this whole business. Government ministers were almost certainly fully aware of what was happening.”
»The former Labour minister Peter Kilfoyle said: “I certainly think there is now an argument to be made for an independent judicial inquiry into the whole affair. This raises serious questions on what [Blair's] motivation was in intervening in the [al-Yamamah investigation in the UK] and what influences were brought to bear on him.” […]
»A government spokesman said last night: “It's right that these historical allegations have been addressed.”
»But two anti-corruption campaigners – Sue Hawley of the Cornerhouse NGO, and the former South African ANC MP Andrew Feinstein – said they reacted to the deal, under which no trials will take place, with “dismay”. They said it “betrays the people of Tanzania, South Africa, the Czech Republic and Romania, who have the right to know the truth about corruption in their countries perpetrated by British and other companies. It … sends the message that large enough corporations are able to pay their way out of trouble.”»
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