Contractor awarded 'precarious work' Castille contract during time of recording
Contractor involved in recordings of GWU union boss Tony Zarb was awarded a Castille cleaning government contract during time of recording.
Weekly newspaper Illum reports that the contractor being protected by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and the Nationalist-owned media was awarded a contract by government despite how the contract awarded violated minimum wage regulations.
Dominic Gafa has been outed as the contractor involved in a covert recording that was made public by PN-owned NET News earlier this week.
The Nationalist Party has been insisting that the recordings prove that Zarb somehow wields influence over the Labour Party, and that it is in a position to favor the interests of affiliated companies and employers.
Illum reports that the same person who was involved in the recordings of Zarb in July 2012, was awarded a tender that involved precarious working conditions by the Office of the Prime Minister itself.
Illum reports that the tender was awarded to the company in July 2012, during the same time when the recorded meeting took place in a restaurant in Wied il-Ghajn.
So far, the PN and its media have held back from publishing the full recording, fuelling considerable speculation regarding what else it is keeping in reserve.
However Illum reports that the contractor's company, Gafa Saveway Cleaners Ltd, was chosen by the Prime Minister's Office for a cleaning tender despite how the company submitted a tender offer that featured a price that is falls substantially short of minimum wage limits established by law.
Read the full report in Sunday's issue of Illum.