No action would be taken on Parliamentary Secretary Ian Borg's contentious development permit despite the Ombudsman's recommendations, a spokesman for the Office of the Prime Minister said. The spokesman was reacting to comments by outgoing Ombudsman Joseph Said Pullicino who, last week, criticised Prime Minister Joseph Muscat for failing to order a review of a controversial development permit issued to Dr Borg in Dingli. The Ombudsman probed the issue last year and found that "complaints that planning policies had been incorrectly applied were justified". Chief Justice Emeritus Joseph Said Pullicino, whose term of office ended last week, had also concluded that the manner in which Dr Borg had gone about securing the permit had been "devious". The Prime Minister's spokesman insisted the Ombudsman's recommendations had not been ignored, adding that the government had instead acted on "very convincing" information from the planning authority. Mepa, he said, had argued that the Ombudsman's report contained "technical shortfalls" that could not be overlooked. "Based on these assessments, the government feels there is no further action to be taken," he said. Mepa chairman Vince...
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