Feb 18 - GSD Hits Back At Government Over Power Station Dangers
The GSD has today hit back at Government claims that it is acting irresponsibly by drawing attention to the dangers of an LNG Installation so close to densely populated urban areas.
The GSD has today hit back at Government claims that it is acting irresponsibly by drawing attention to the dangers of an LNG Installation so close to densely populated urban areas.
The Leader of the Opposition should hang his head in shame for the most outrageous attempt to sow the seeds of panic seen in Gibraltar for a very long time, says Number Six. The Government says that to suggest that the Government would engage in any activity that might, even in the most remote of circumstances, ‘destroy large parts of the Western side of Gibraltar’ is “utterly disgraceful and is clearly designed to frighten people.”
The GSD says it has spent the last three months consulting with numerous subject matter experts in both the fields of energy generation and the environment to develop a full understanding of the pros and cons of the proposed development by Government of a Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) power station at the North Mole. The GSD says it has explored in depth the various arguments and draws the following conclusions:
The Cross Frontier Group, constituted by both Union and Business organizations in Gibraltar and the Campo who aim to promote cooperation between the two communities have expressed ‘their most profuse rejection to the decision by Sñr. Garcia Margallo, Spanish Foreign Minister, to close down the Instituto Cervantes in Gibraltar.’
The US continues to show its support for the Rock, with US Congressman George Holding, a Republican member for North Carolina leading a group of Congressmen in filing a formal Resolution recognizing Gibraltar’s right to self-determination, in the House of Representatives.