Martinez signed those contracts when he was CEO - but now that he is Minister of State - we asked one of his colleagues - who is also Martinez's former substantive Minister - and he said he couldn't talk about why he didn't know about:
Francis Fonseca, Minister of Foreign Affairs & Culture
"Again, I know nothing about it. I know nothing about it except what I've seen on snippets of the news. So I really cannot in any competent way, comment on that issue."