Patriotic rejects claims of fake documents

Patriotic Energy Services Co Ltd has “rejected” Energy Minister Stuart Young’s “misleading” claim that the company used faked documents in its refinery bid.

In a five-point response on Saturday morning, Patriotic said the Minister’s statement made in parliament on Friday “was misleading and mischievous, as what he presented under parliamentary cover was not Patriotic’s financial partner that met with the Cabinet-appointed evaluation committee.”

The statement went further in saying the solely selected financier would have been submitted to the Evaluation Committee and Scotiabank International which both accepted as its preferred financier.

In fact, the Evaluation Committee would have interviewed and vetted Patriotic’s preferred financier and Scotiabank International nor the Evaluation Committee raised any concern about the preferred financier. “As a matter of fact, there was some level of comfort and satisfaction with the preferred financial partner. We remain confident that our preferred financier can stand the scrutiny of any due diligence process and invite the same,” the statement added.

Patriotic said it did not receive any communication or indication from either the Evaluation Committee or Scotiabank International as to the unsuitability of its preferred financial partner.

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