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”).
The Government has said that the GSD, “no longer content with their lies and scaremongering” in relation to LNG, are now trying to mislead the public in relation to housing allocation.
The GSD has called on the Minister for Housing to be “open and transparent” over the direct allocation by her of 155 flats. The party has called on the Minister to provide a complete breakdown of the reasons why each of those flats was allocated by her.
The Opposition says it notes the “extreme hypocrisy” of the Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, who talks about political corruption on the part of the Opposition, because the Opposition does not disclose who funded the Lloyd’s Register LNG report, while he has “refused to say” whether the company of his one time business partner in a sunglasses business, which was awarded the tender for "not fit for purpose" new buses, was the lowest tenderer. The GSD says that Mr Picardo wants the Opposition to disclose who paid for that expert report but refuses to disclose who paid for $US110,000 tickets to allow him to take a cropped photograph with President Obama or whether that person has or has had any interest in any commercial entity bidding or having been awarded a public contract. The difference, argues the party, is that the GSD is not using the people's money to pay for any reports.
A multi-storey car park for residents of Glacis Estate and the surrounding area is planned for the car park next to St Anne’s School. This follows the sale of the land by the Government to the Ocean Village group.