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 hit back at the GSD Opposition in the latest row over Gibraltar’s power supply infrastructure. A statement from Number 6 released this afternoon says that, at a time when Gibraltar is pulling together against its detractors, certain local politicians have “seized the opportunity” to be “openly critical” of the Rock’s infrastructure without care or thought as to the impact of their statements on important sectors of our community.
The GSD Opposition has expressed its concern in relation to the wider economic and community issues arising from the difficulties being experienced with the supply of electricity in Gibraltar. The GSD says that those difficulties have “obviously been brought into sharp focus” by the events of the Easter weekend.
Officers of the Royal Gibraltar Police’s Crime Unit investigating three robberies and an attempted robbery have arrested a 37 year old local man and a 43 year old local woman.