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Delimara | Joseph Muscat has a lot of explaining to do – PN
The PN has called on Opposition leader Joseph Muscat to explain his position with regards to Israeli firm Bateman.
14 December 2010, 12:00am
Miriam Dalli
Miriam Dalli
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In a statement, the PN referred to what the Auditor General said during this morning's sitting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that continued to discuss the AG's findings on the controversial contract awarded to BWSC for the Delimara Power Station contract.
"According to what was said before the Public Accounts Committee, the Labour leader has 'good' contacts with the Israeli company Bateman,” the PN said.
The PN stressed that during the sitting, it was revealed that Muscat was the one who initiated the discussion into the Delimara contract offer when he met with the Israeli Ambassador .
"“In the Auditor General’s testimony, it emerged that that the Israeli company’s offer was €300 million higher than the chosen bid,” the PN said.
“As the Labour Party admitted, the Israeli Ambassador is correct to claim that he exerted no pressure in favour of the Israeli company," the PN said, adding that on this basis, "Muscat “now has some explanations to make.”
The PN asked why did Joseph Muscat have to raise an issue on this company's offer would have cost €300 million more in bills for the Maltese to pay?
The PN also asked what were Muscat’s true interests in the matter.
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Mark Fenech •
He already explained the situation, this morning through Hon. Varist Bartolo who presented new documents showing that the situation was totally illigal by going for collusive tendering.
also Minister Fenech has confirmed that the Cabinet has never changed the decision to go for plants that use gas and not heavy fuel oil, no matter how cheap it was, the tender was not to specification, until the law was changed and that was totally unfair, and confirms that corruption had taken place, as otherwise as the Auditor General stated infront of the PAC committee, the tender should have been reissued.
What a bunch of hypocrites. Even the Lord was ready to pardon all us sinners, but not hypocrites, who say one thing and do another one.
