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Mystery surrounds major Brazilian company operating from Malta
No name for Brazilian company ‘coordinating major construction projects in North Africa’ from Malta.
3 November 2012, 12:00am
Miriam Dalli
Miriam Dalli
2 min read
Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Opposition leader Joseph Muscat during the Xarabank debate.
Additional reporting by Nestor Laiviera
No name has been given to the Brazilian company that has allegedly relocated its headquarters to Malta and was leading its operations in North Africa from the island.
During the Xarabank debate yesterday evening, Opposition leader Joseph Muscat said that despite talks of a Brazilian aviation company that was meant to set up shop in Malta, this investment never took place.
"During our last debate he [Gonzi] said that a Brazilian company was coming to Malta to work on airplanes," Muscat said.
But Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi retorted that the Brazilian company had relocated its headquarters from Brazil to Malta.
"The company, active in the Libyan market, is operating from Malta," Gonzi replied. He however failed to either name the company or specify in which sector it was operating, leading the audience to believe that the Brazilian firm was in fact operating in the aviation sector.
Contacted by MaltaToday, the Finance Ministry confirmed that a Brazilian firm had relocated its offices to Malta, but that it had nothing to do with the aviation industry.
"The company the Prime Minister referred to is an International Brazilian company. In the wake of Libya's unrest, the company decided to relocate its offices to Malta. The company coordinates major construction projects in North Africa," the spokesman said.
The ministry however could not provide any further details, including its name.
MaltaToday also contacted Lawrence Zammit, the chairman of Malta Enterprise and Malta Industrial Parks about this investment.
Zammit however declined to comment, insisting that he was not at liberty to divulge details.
Asked simply to confirm the name of the Brazilian company, and to provide the date when it opened its offices in Malta, Zammit refused to answer, insisting that confidentiality laws prohibited him from divulging any details.
During The Times debate held back in February, Gonzi had said that a major Brazilian company that had learned of Malta during the Libyan crisis would soon be relocating to Malta.
Pressed by the journalist to reveal further details on the sector the company would be operating in, Gonzi had declined to comment further.
He only said that he would be releasing more information at a later stage.
Since then, Government has made no announcements regarding the relocation of a Brazilian company to the Maltese shores.
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this is posted on the timesofmalta webpage today-A Brazilian company at the centre of political controversy is winding down its four-man operation just six months after opening shop in Sliema.
The company was mentioned but not named during a debate last Friday between Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Labour leader Joseph Muscat.-another smartcity lie!!!
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Let me take a guess which will land pretty close to the truth.
Its another company in the care of Gonzi's young son and they are paying him hundred of thousands of euros annually, because we we all know - a Maltese lawyer specialized in the Maltese language and Maltese religion - is indispensable for an aircraft to stay up in the air. Any money paid to gonzi's son are well invested off course, since they get a practically tax free status. In fact its almost like paying tax to the lawyer (for his own personal gain) rather then the state or jurisdiction were the company is setup.
The mind boggles on why a big and rich country like Libya, needs a small pebble sized country as a base of operations.
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Gonzi PN, you are a big fat liar, you have lost all trust from people around you, and i hope you are going to be the last ousted. Believe it or not, you are our worst nightmare ever since you took power. I hope people will learn from your mistakes and open their minds well.
Ex PN.
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Gonzi PN, you are a big fat liar, you have lost all trust from people around you, and i hope you are going to be the last ousted. Believe it or not, you are our worst nightmare ever since you took power. I hope people will learn from your mistakes and open their minds well.
Ex PN.
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Since when have the names of private companies "operating" in Malta become a closely guarded secret?
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Gidba ohra ta Dr Lawrence Gonzi?
B'hekk irridu nirbhu l-elezzjoni?
Wara l- fjask tal BWSC,Arriva u Parlament li hu surplus to requirements, iz-zejt tiela f.wicc l-ilma: dawn ta GonziPN li jippozaw ta creme de la creme fit-tmexxija Maltija mhuma xejn hlief' great pretenders'u 'losers'!.
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Din mhi xejn hlief gidba ohra, fost hafna ohrajn, sfaccata ta' Gonzipnfrejjeg. Din oht il-famuza Smartcity li kieku ma kienx ghal-PL lanqas ghada tissemma. 5000, 7000 u ma nafx kemm il-darba bidlu il-figuri li Smartcity kella timpiega. Dawn ta' gonzipnfrejjeg hekk jafu jaghmlu. Jitnellhu bin-nies. Ara bihom nfushom u familthom ma jitnellhux ghax iz-zieda ta' 600 euro fil-gimgha belawha.U jien tibqa tvenven f'widnejja daik il-famuza frasi li gonzipnfrejjeg kien se jivvota mill-qalb sabiex it-tariffi tad-dawl u l-ilma jizdiedu. Dak prim ministru Eh, Ara kemm jhobb lil poplu. Prim Ministru li oltre li jitnellah bin-nies anke jixtieqlu id-deni (finanzjarament).
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if this was such a big firm and had relocated its head offices to Malta then wouldnt they be advertising? Surely if you were a known international company you would want to let people know where to find you. Once again Gonzi is spinning his lies. Give us the proof if you can Gonzi.
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SUR GONZI IL POPLU XEBGHA BILL KBIR BLARROGANZA U ILKORRUZZJONI LAMPANTI TGHAKOM.
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Why all this secrecy? Is James Bond going to infiltrate this company?
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I found out the name of the Brazilian Firm mentioned in your article! It's "GONZIGIDEB Company ltd."
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F'liema pajjiz qieghed jghix Gonzi?????
Mhux ipacpac u ma jghid xejn , IMMA JPACPAC FIL VOJT!
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J'Alla ma tkunx xi gidba ta' GonziPN ghax dal-pajjiz xoghol ghandu bzonn u mhux statistika vojta li jhobb jaghti Dr. Gonzi.
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Holma ohra ta gonzi, meta ha titalem ma titnejikx bin nies, ghax in nies mumix cwiec bhal ma qal il bravu tonio.Bil gidep ma timpresjonax nies, jew din kief namlu politika gdida, holma ohra ta gonzi, veru miskin.
