Kolberg before Vimpelcom hearing: – Should let the cat out of the bag – Dagbladet.no

- I’ll soon drop the cat out of the bag, said an offensive Committee Chair Martin Kolberg before today’s hearing on Vimpelcom case began in Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs at nine.

He has faced strong criticism from both the Conservatives man committee, Michael Tetszchner and several top business before the hearing, but scoffs only of it.

– I think that they do not want the elected power shall come before business and monetary power, says Martin Kolberg (Ap) on their opponents motives in today’s hearing .

When asked what the most important thing he will get out of the hearing, he said:
– I’ll find out why Telenor has not spoken truth to the main owner the state, and the main owner has been sufficient vigilant.

Power Struggles

Telenor owned VimpelCom corruption payments to a dictator-daughter Uzbekistan creates trouble for more than the corruption accused former Vimpelcom chief Jo Lunder.

only two days before today’s hearing went former legal director of Telenor, Pål Wien Espen, strong opposition Standing Committee on Scrutiny and constitutional Affairs.

“Prominent members of the Committee after the publication of the Deloitte report given the impression that it is an attempt to conceal corruption in Vimpelcom. This has now gone so far as to create the impression that Telenor has lied to hide such corruption. This is completely without basis in reality, “wrote Espen in a statement.

Sets not

Neither he nor former CFO Richard Olav Aa set in today’s hearing. Both were laid off for his role in the handling of a notification corruption in Vimpelcom, and withdrew when an investigation report from Deloitte, commissioned by Telenor, was submitted on 29 April this year.

It does, however, most of the most key players in Telenor’s handling of Vimpelcom case: Jo Lunder, former Telenor Chairman Svein Aaser, former CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas and current chairman Gunn Wærsted and CEO Sigve Brekke.

the hearing marked by both power struggle between business stops and the Parliament, and by internal wrangling between committee members. Conservative Michael Tetzschner mean for example, that hearing is superfluous, and that the committee already knows what is needed.

Dull

Almost as disgruntled are committee members Abid Q. Raja (V) and Per Olaf Lundteigen ( Sp). The two are angry still that they did not fold over two boxes of sensitive documents when they were first submitted by the Ministry of Industry – but later withdrawn.

Several industrial tycoons think the committee should keep away from Telenor, and entrust the company’s economics minister Monica Mæland (Right).

and internally in Telenor murres it against CEO Sigve Brekke and his treatment of employees who were laid off in anticipation of Deloitte’s investigation.