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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Privinvest suggested on Wednesday that Mozambique\u2019s President, Filipe Nyusi, only agreed to be summoned in connection with the \u201chidden debts\u201d case in British justice so that he could attend the coronation of King Charles III in London.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the positive effects of the coronation was the fact that, shortly before the coronation, a vacancy suddenly appeared in the [Mozambican] president\u2019s diary, and he agreed to be summoned, and then came to London for the coronation,\u201d the naval group\u2019s lawyer, Duncan Matthews, said today.<\/p>\n

The lawyer was speaking on the first day of hearings at the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in London on the immunity of the head of state in the Mozambique debt case, which has been tried and is awaiting judgement from the Commercial Court.<\/p>\n

Privinvest claims that it notified Nyusi on 19 October 2021, but that the President only replied on 5 May 2023, the day before the British monarch\u2019s coronation ceremony.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no evidence that he didn\u2019t receive the notification of the documents,\u201d said Matthews, noting that \u201cit would be very strange if he hadn\u2019t, because he is the country\u2019s president who has been following this case for the last three months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nyusi was made a \u201cfourth party\u201d in the Commercial Court case, initiated by Mozambique\u2019s public prosecutor to contest debts relating to the purchase of maritime security boats, tuna fishing boats and other equipment.<\/p>\n

The Mozambican country believes that the financial guarantees given by the then minister of finance, Manuel Chang, were obtained through the corruption of senior state officials by Privinvest, from which it claims US$3.1 billion (\u20ac2.9 million at the current exchange rate) to cover costs and other financial commitments arising from the debts assumed.<\/p>\n

The naval group denies the accusations, but at the same time has tried to associate Nyusi with the case, as co-responsible or a party to the alleged corruption, claiming that he should contribute to the compensation if Mozambique wins the case.<\/p>\n

In its allegations, Privinvest revealed that it paid US$10 million (\u20ac9.3 million) to Frelimo, the ruling party, in 2014, with the aim of financing Nyusi\u2019s campaign for the presidency.<\/p>\n

Before being elected to his first term in 2015, Nyusi was defence minister (2008-2014), during which time the public contracts with Privinvest were negotiated.<\/p>\n

The Mozambican president invoked diplomatic immunity to refuse involvement in the case before the London Commercial Court, a status that was initially accepted by the High Court, but against whose decision Privinvest decided to appeal.<\/p>\n

Nyusi\u2019s lawyer argued yesterday that the notification made in 2021 is not valid, because the documents were left at the gate of the Ponta Vermelha Palace, the president\u2019s official residence, and did not follow the procedures of going through a Mozambican court, which only happened on 14 April 2023.<\/p>\n

Rodney Dixon emphasised that, in any case, international law guarantees immunity while a head of state is in office.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a statute of absolute personal immunity, which has no exceptions, which subsists for as long as he is in office,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n

The decision on this appeal will only be known later, on a date yet to be determined.<\/p>\n

The London Commercial Court has also yet to hand down its judgement on the three-month trial, which concluded last December, on the case of Mozambique\u2019s \u201chidden debts\u201d.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. Privinvest suggested on Wednesday that Mozambique\u2019s President, Filipe Nyusi, only agreed to be summoned in connection with the \u201chidden debts\u201d case in British justice so that he could attend the coronation of King Charles III in London. \u201cOne of the positive effects of the coronation was the fact that, shortly before the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-55490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nPresident agreed London court summons to attend coronation \u2013 Privinvest lawyer - Mozambique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Privinvest suggested on Wednesday that Mozambique\u2019s 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