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May 16 - GSD Rejects Double Standards Claim – Calls Government Petty

gsdThe Opposition has voiced their astonishment at the Government’s pettiness within press releases. They insist that if the administration spent more time ‘ getting on with the job they were elected to do, they might be delivering some of the change that they promised people at the last election.’

The GSD notes that the latest petty press release concerns the issuing of public statements after questions have been lodged by the Opposition, a matter that we have not raised publicly in relation to this Parliamentary session.

They add that they are ‘perfectly entitled to issue a statement and then seek to air the issue in Parliament, as is the Opposition’s right and duty to the electorate, on matters of public interest even after questions are lodged.

With regards to the Barbary Apes Management Plan and the recently released tender for the new proposed power station, the GSD claims that both issues, were not discussed in public, by the Opposition as questions on both matters were to be tabled in Parliament.

Commenting on the Government’s recent press release accusing the Opposition of having double standards on the floating hotel project, the GSD explains that the Government ‘continues to skirt around the core issue, seeking to divert attention from their cynical submission of a ‘done deal’ project to the DPC and shamelessly pretending to care about the DPC’s views and/or public concern for the project, when the vessel is already on its way and dredging in the area has already begun.

‘Government should at least have the same political strength of character in public as it confidently displays behind closed doors and admit to the electorate that the Sunborn Hotel is going to be established in Gibraltar come hell or high water because it wants it to and that's the end of the discussion.’