GreenMT received €670,000 from MEPA while under investigation – report

GWU daily l-Orizzont reports that GreenMT CEO Joe Attard was 'the contact person' for these payments.

GreenMT CEO Joe Attard.
GreenMT CEO Joe Attard.

Waste recovery company GreenMT received eight payments totalling €670,000 from the Malta Planning and Environment Authority (MEPA), despite being under investigation by the same authority.

The payments to GreenMT - a subsidiary of the GRTU - were made between May 2011 and June 2012.

According to GWU daily l-Orizzont, at least three of the payments were made following "pressure" from the previous administration, including a direct order from the Office of the Prime Minister. The paper reported standard payment procedures were not followed and described GreenMT CEO Joe Attard as the "contact person" for these payments.

"GreenMT was also under investigation at this time for allegedly collecting recyclable waste from areas serviced by other companies, between July and December 2009. The company claimed that the government had charged it with handling 27 localities that had not registered for any such service," l-Orizzont reported.

Testifying in court over the investigation, MEPA financial controller Kevin Portelli explained the payments in question originated from a special fund. This fund is made up of moneys collected as fines from entities that do not conform to MEPA rules - the very thing GreenMT was being accused of.

This fund was the source of at least three payments GreenMT received.

According to Victor DeBrincat, secretary of the administrative board of the fund, these payments were not brought to the board's attention.

The court case continues.

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so many millions wasted under the previous government it makes one wonder what the hell was going on... let's keep up this pace of exposing corruption so that the people can have a good idea of what was going on behind the curtains... because we still have these politicians asking for our votes today and it's important that we are made aware of EVERYTHING.
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"Allura ghalhekk ghandu idejh fil-but ghax fih ic-cekkijit li ma hallasx li dak il-hafn min shabi li andu jitieom xeba flus? Ja hallilel li u !
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Imsomma aktar tgerfix! Imsieken in-Nazzjonalisit li kienu jiehdu direct order fil-consultancies wahda wara l-ohra fejn kienu jiffangw go miljuni ta ewros ghadhom ma jistghux innizluwha: u sa x'hin jammettu se jinzlilhom kollox velenu!
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More corruption a la PN