Justice shadow minister Jason Azzopardi this morning called on the Police Commissioner to extend the investigation following the National Audit Office report on the Gaffarena scandal to Castille "where the scandal was hatched". Addressing a news conference, he presented the media with 20 points taken from the National Audit Office report on the Gaffarena scandal, which he said confirmed that the present government was the most corrupt in history and showed "unequivocal institutional corruption". In a 129-page report, the NAO concluded there was collusion between officials at the Government Property Department, Parliamentary Secretary Michael Falzon and businessman Mark Gaffarena. The scandal, revealed by The Sunday Times of Malta, saw Mr Gaffarena acquire €3.4 million in land and cash from the government for the expropriation of half a building in Valletta valued at some €900,000. Dr Azzopardi insisted that although the word used by the NAO was "collusion", it was a form of corruption. He said the report found that: * Minutes had been changed; * The expropriation had been instigated by Mr Gaffarena and not the government; * The quotation on the two properties given as payment...
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