Apr 07 - Two Motions Passed To The Effect That Feetham Misled House And Magazine Readers
Two motions to the effect that the leader of the Opposition Danny Feetham misled the House and readers of the “In Touch” magazine were passed during Wednesday’s marathon session of Parliament. These are the texts of the motions passed:
"This House notes:
Statements by the Hon. Daniel Feetham at the meeting of the House for questions of Thursday 19th March 2015 on the Sunborn Floating Hotel that he was not aware that the law firm of which he is a partner, Hassans, were solicitors for the operators of the Sunborn floating hotel; and
The content of exchanges in press releases in the past which disclosed that fact explicitly, namely Government Press Releases 483, 487 and 536 of 2013;
AND THEREFORE considers that Mr Feetham clearly misled the House when he stated that he was not aware that the law firm of which he is a partner, Hassans, were solicitors for the operators of the Sunborn floating hotel."
The following motion was also passed:
“THIS HOUSE condemns the Leader of the Opposition for attempting to mislead the readers of the Gibraltar Federation of Small Businesses excellent magazine,“InTouch”, by the use of the following statements and arguments which are entirely false, namely:
that the Chief Minister compared Spain to North Korea at the United Nations;
that the Chief Minister associated himself with the comments of Dennis Matthews at the United Nations that Spain was a terrorist state;
that the Government had created a reef (which the Leader of the Opposition, in common with Spanish Partido Popular politicians describes as having laid “concrete blocks”) on environmental grounds when barely a few metres on it now plans a land reclamation next to the airport; and
that the Government is misleading the public on BOTH public finances and the strength of the economy.
And notes that the Leader of the Opposition is clearly prepared to ignore information provided to him in this House or prevent it in order to serve his own agenda and ambition, whether or not that misuse of information is damaging to the public interest of Gibraltar.”
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