Editor's Blog Jan 23rd 2012
Who is Nigel Pardo?
A name that has been bandied around on the social network this weekend is that of Nigel Pardo.
Who is Nigel Pardo and why, is he on everybody’s lips?
Mr Pardo is a property Developer and consultant that first came to light, at least to me around 2010 when the then Shadow Minister for financial services the now CM Mr Fabian Picardo asked in parliament what salary or fee Mr. Nigel Pardo (or any company legally or beneficially owned by him) receive from the Government or any Government owned company for the provision of consultancy or other services and provide a list of the services provided to the Government in return for such remuneration.
What is getting everyone’s goat is, that it is alleged that The GSD Government of Peter Caruana apparently awarded contracts to Mr. Pardo or his various company interests for projects which had yet not been signed by the Government with the proviso that if the contract did not materialize Mr. Pardo would still get paid a percentage commission of the cost of the contract.
With two of the projects that Mr. Nigel Pardo is involved in currently under a cloud the Tunnel underpass for the airport and the new power station, if the Government fails to complete, Nigel gets paid anyway.
Now, we can’t blame Mr. Pardo for being in such a beneficial position, but we can start asking some questions about the man who awarded him the contracts. There are a lot of people who think that Mr. Peter Caruana has a lot to answer for.
ED
