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Feb 21 Government Claims Opposition have Selective Memory

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Government Claims Opposition have Selective Memory

The Government has issued a scathing retort against the GSD’s statement, which explained the issue of payments made to family interests of a GSD Minister. The GSD’s report accused the Government of ‘abuse of power and trying to orchestrate a witch-hunt’.

‘The original statement issued by the GSLP/Liberal Government, far from being an abuse or a witch-hunt, concentrated simply on the facts and on the value for money aspect of the transactions in question,’ The Government statement noted.

‘It is a fact that the family interests of a former GSD Government Minister was paid nearly £500,000.

What was a witch-hunt, immature and an abuse was the campaign of "trial by Government" that was orchestrated by the GSD, when they were in Office, which questioned the fitness for office of the now Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. GSD Government statements on the subject were loaded with accusations and with innuendo.

The problem with the GSD Opposition is that they have a selective memory when it comes to the things that they said and the way in which they behaved when they were in Government.

The new Government was elected on a pledge of openness and transparency. It is logical, in such circumstances, that we live up to that pledge by making information public’.