- Three state companies challenger parliamentary resolution on corruption – NRK

Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs is the only committee in Parliament which could take up cases on its own initiative.

The opportunity has committee chairwoman Martin Kolberg and the rest of the committee intend to use.

– What we are experiencing now is that three state companies now in the verge of challenging the Parliament’s decision on zero corruption. It’s about Telenor and Vimpelcom, it’s about Statoil and Angola, and it’s about Hydro and Tajikistan. says Kolberg told NRK.

Now SCSCA sent letters to both economics minister Monica Mæland (H) and Petroleum and Energy Tord Lien (FRP). They are responsible for state ownership of respectively Hydro and Statoil.

Want Answers About Tajikistan and Angola

The letter to Mæland deals with Hydro contract in Tajikistan and SCSCA want including thorough account of:

• agreement Hydro has signed with Talco Management Limited (TML).
• information about TMLs hidden owners.
• concerns several international organizations and institution’s had that the president of Tajikistan enrich themselves on transactions in the smelter in the country.

According to Dagens Næringsliv got Tajikistan 152. place of 175 on the list of the most corrupt countries of Transparency International. They also wrote that the anti-corruption center U4 mean corruption in the country, among other things related to the aluminum industry, and that the World Bank has responded to high levels of corruption in the country.

The letter to Tord Lien discusses Statoil contract in Angola . The issue includes articles about payments of 420 million for a research center where Statoil himself says in a letter to the Ministry that they are uncertain how it has become of the money.

Despite continued Statoil to pay.

In his letter to Tord Lien sets SCSCA following questions:

“In what (…) means the minister will ensure that Parliament’s resolution on anti-corruption is followed up? “

Alerts new Telenor hearing

the third case Kolberg refers to Telenor’s ownership in Vimpelcom.

SCSCA has previously been asked of Public Prosecutions to postpone any new hearing on Telenor and Vimpelcom. Meanwhile, Telenor has hired Deloitte to audit how Telenor has pursued private ownership in Vimpelcom.

– The report we get in early April. We are awaiting it, but we will initiate a hearing soon after that, says Kolberg.

He added that the Director of Public Prosecutions has given the green light for such a hearing in committee.

– These are three companies that have their report responsibility towards its principal shareholder is the state. There are boards of these companies who are responsible, but it is the state’s responsibility to ensure that Parliament’s imposition of zero corruption are followed. Then we’ll go through this and see if management has been vigilant enough in this area, says Kolberg.