The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
This weekend, women Parliamentarians from across the Commonwealth gathered in Gibraltar to share knowledge and experience on the role of Parliamentarians in ending violence against women and girls at a conference hosted by the Gibraltar Parliament.
This is the letter the Chief Minister sent to the Labour leader Ed Miliband this weekend addressing his concerns about Central Registers of Beneficial Ownership.
The Government notes that Mr Feetham recently stated on GBC and has repeated in a Press Release that the Expenditure of No 6 Convent Place, the Chief Minister’s Office for 2013/14 was 45% higher than the sum provided in the Approved Estimates and that Expenditure in that year for all Government Departments was £50M higher than the amount estimated.
The Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, is travelling to Seville to appear on Canal Sur Television. Mr Picardo has been invited on the breakfast show “La Tertulia del Buenos Dias” tomorrow at 10 in the morning.