Edward Bawa slams AG for misleading public on ENI/Vitol arbitration ruling

Edward
Bawa,
the
Member
of
Parliament
for
Bongo
and
a
member
of
the
Energy
Committee
in
Parliament,
has
criticised
Attorney
General
Godfred
Dame
for
deceiving
the
public
following
the
International
Arbitration
Tribunal’s
ruling
on
the
ENI/Vitol
lawsuit.

The
International
Arbitration
Tribunal
in
the
Eni
&
Vitol
versus
Ghana
and
Ghana
National
Petroleum
Corporation
(GNPC)
arbitration
issued
its
final
award,
denying
the
Claimants

Eni
and
Vitol

their
monetary
damages,
which
initially
stood
at
$7
billion
but
were
later
reduced
to
$915
million
plus
interest
by
the
end
of
the
proceedings.

On
July
8,
the
AG
issued
a
statement
describing
the
award
as
a
“major
victory”
for
the
country.

But
in
an
interview
on


The
Big
Issue

on


Channel
One
TV
,
Edward
Bawa
chastised
the
Attorney
General
for
failing
to
rely
on
the
substance
of
the
ruling.

He
claimed
that
Godfred
Dame’s
posture
has
tarnished
his
reputation,
stating
that
he
has
compromised
the
integrity
of
his
office.

“So,
for
the
AG
to
have
issued
that
statement
and
said
that
we
have
won,
he
zeroed
down
on
the
$7billion.
If
you
look
at
ENI’s
request
to
the
Tribunal,
it
said,
should
government
go
ahead
to
unitise,
we
were
going
to
be
making
a
loss
of
about
$7
billion.
And
so,
if
government
insists
on
going
to
unitise,
then
government
should
pay
us
$7
billion,
this
was
a
request
by
ENI.
In
the
Tribunal’s
ruling,
they
said
we’re
dismissing
this
$7billion
request,
because
the
unitisation
has
actually
not
occurred.

“However,
you
reserve
the
rights
should
government
decide
to
go
ahead
and
unitise,
to
come
back
to
make
a
request
for
that.
So,
how
do
you
consider
this
as
a
victory?
I
think
the
Attorney
General’s
posture,
just
goes
to
again
darken
his
recent
past
reputation.

“Because
if
you
have
a
situation
where
you
are
struggling
on
your
very
reputation
based
on
a
particular
case
you’re
trying
now.
Where
people
think
that
you
have
behaved
unethically,
then,
suddenly,
there
is
a
ruling.
And
you
know
this
is
a
ruling
that
says
the
government
of
Ghana
had
breached
provisions.

“So,
for
you
to
have
come
and
issue
a
statement
like
that,
it
again
dents
the
image
of
that
particular
organisation
or
department
you’re
heading.

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