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public. This also applies to those contracts which the “performance
of contract” banks entered into with one another because,
as long as these continue to exist, risks will remain high – e.g.
if any of these banks were to become insolvent and receive no
financial backing.
• Any demands made by the U.S. partner should be rejected on
the grounds that these deals are illegal and therefore a basis of
agreement no longer exists. In the case of any subsequent disputes,
however, the court of jurisdiction would be in New York.
• Generally speaking, city and town councils should avoid business
deals which are lacking in genuine economic substance,
designed for tax-evasion purposes or of an otherwise speculative
nature. Gambling does not belong to the duties of local
government and politicians are certainly not being paid by the
public to do so.
• Any form of nondisclosure of matters concerning the public, as
e.g. in the case of CBL contracts, must be disapproved of since
secrecy of this kind undermines and even destroys democracy.
• The nondisclosure of CBL contracts (and the course of events
leading up to their conclusion) increases the likelihood of embezzlement
and bribery and corruption. Representatives of the
people should only sign contracts which they themselves fully
understand.
• Important contracts involving huge sums of money and public
assets must be presented to the signatories in their own native
language, so that their contents can be comprehensively
assessed.
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