Apr 21 - GSD Demands Answers On ETB Bullying Allegations
The GSD has called on the Government to make public the results of any investigation that has been conducted regarding the allegations of bullying made by the 35 trainees at the ETB; failing this, the GSD asks what stage the investigation has reached, considering that these allegations date back to the early part of last year.
The Opposition says it will not remain silent on a matter of such public interest.The party says that those affected in this case and their families have a right to know the outcome of this investigation. The GSD says that, subsequent to these allegations being made directly to the Chief Minister, the Government passed its anti-bullying legislation through Parliament and “made itself appear as the 'champion of the oppressed' and yet, the first time it is put to the test in a most serious way, the Government has failed to act.” The Opposition now asks whether the Government only champions this cause when it is politically expedient to do so.
A statement from the party concludes: “Unfortunately the people of Gibraltar have once again been let down by this GSLP/Liberal Administration. It seems whether on matters of public finance, secret companies or indeed protecting the vulnerable, in this case a group who had the courage to come forward, presumably on the basis of the Chief Minister's rhetoric against bullying, the people of Gibraltar do not have a right to know. This is the transparency promised by this false dawn Government.”
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