Case Document 152-12 Filed 02/28/11 Page 2 of 3 Ease Document?m Filed 09/17/2007 Page 75 of 79 REPUBUCOFECUADOR PROVINCE OF HCHINCHA cmopourm Re: Maria Agutnda. et al. Texaco Inc. ['Aguinda') Aleiandro Ponce Martinez, being duly sworn, competent to testify on personal knowledge, and states: 1. i understand that plaintiffs in their recent submissions to the Court have claimed that oil companies and other multinational corporations in?uence and control Ecuador's judiciary. disa e. Multinational and oil companies are generaily treated by the adorean Court in equal conditions to national companies or individuals. 2. Most of Ecuador's courts have handled cases involving multinationals and oil companies in an impartial and fair manner. resultin judgents eitherin their favor oragainst ies. Attached as lbit 1. tea list of cases. someof them handled me, as sham filed byor against multinationals in Ecuador that have resulted either in judgments against such companies or in their favor or that are still pending. Ecuador's courts continue generally to conduct and adjudicate cases filed by or against multinationals and oil companies in a fair and impartial manner. April 4. 208a %jg{%e Dr. Alejandro I'once Hortine: (I 4 ebril del 2.000 .n-o I Case Document 152-12 Filed 02/28/11 Page 3 of 3 . Case Document 223-A26nsFiled 09117I2007 Page 76 of 79 m; cm WERE WM. MAME HAVE BEEN mm IHK $qu 54%. Cincinnati Milacmn Marketing udgumml (Etupdomn Company) Company len?? ?14m: deduct! bankrupt. Bic SA. United Dis-till PLC. (Ecuadorean Company) or: bf A. Bu. um'ao G. C. Lida. Shulton Inc. Second inst-m (Ecmgomn Company] ?ludgmuturpmm grain; before the puma New YorkerSA. Procter Er Gamble Inlmmerim Find Su mo Court (Ecuadorean Company) Inc. judgnelgnfor defendant? huerpetmc. Lida. Municipalityof 01:11am Ind ?03' (Con: owned a by p1 I: I .91; 21'me Mut? Case: handled by malfu- altomey Case Imndied by myself as utomey for plaintiff.