Opposition Leader Adrian Delia in Parliament behaved like the police commissioner who continued to eat rabbit while the scene of the crime was being tampered with, Partit Demokratiku leader Godfrey Farrugia said today.
In spite of the 200 million reasons why Konrad Mizzi should not be a Minister, Delia chose to take no action against Konrad Mizzi and bring him to account in Parliament - the highest institution of the Republic, Farrugia said in a press conference.
On Wednesday, Delia said there are 200 million reasons why Mizzi should resign, after it was revealed in a National Audit Office report that Malta was spending €200 million more per year on energy than it would have if it had invested in an interconnector with Sicily. This report found that the Maltese people are paying around an extra €200 million per year for a contract negotiated by Konrad Mizzi and his friend Keith Schembri with a consortium chosen by a committee led by Brian Tonna of Nexia BT - the personal accountant of Mizzi and Schembri.
The decision of Partit Nazzjonalista to drop the motion of no confidence against Konrad Mizzi a few minutes after the Auditor General's report on the Delimara gas-fired power station project was tabled in Parliament is baffling, Farrugia said.
The Auditor General's report continues to cast serious doubts about the transparency and integrity of the process for the construction and operation of the gas-fired power station project in Delimara.
PD concluded that the NAO is clear in its assessment: Minister Konrad Mizzi is incompetent at the very least. It is therefore striking that the Opposition Leader decided against taking action to remove Konrad Mizzi from Cabinet by means of a motion of no confidence.
"We have been calling for Konrad Mizzi's resignation for a long time - even before Adrian Delia dreamt of entering politics. Our call however has always fallen on deaf ears. This is why we need to take action in Parliament," Farrugia said.
The Auditor General's report comes in the wake of the revelations that 17 Black is owned by Yorgen Fenech, the CEO of Tumas Group, one of the members of the Electrogas consortium that finally won the tender of the project following a process which the Auditor General flagged for 'possible distortion'.
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