The House of Representatives is this evening holding an emergency debate on the findings of the National Audit Office on the building of the gas power station.
The proposal for the debate was made by Labour whip Byron Camilleri, after both the PN and the PD had indicated they would request the debate. By so doing, Dr Camilleri ensured that the debate, in terms of procedure, would be concluded by the government.
At the opening of the debate, Opposition leader Adrian Delia said questions about this project were raised right from its inception when the evaluation committee to choose the bids was headed by Brian Tonna, better known as the accountant to then Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi. Mr Tonna had also been engaged by the minister to set up his secret company in Panama. He also set up a secret company for Keith Schembri, the prime minister’s chief of staff, and for somebody else who the prime minister had said was not himself.
The auditor in his report confirmed that the selected project bore many similarities to a proposal made before the 2013 election to the Labour Party by a Dutch company, DNV KEMA. He expressed serious concerns about how the government had issued a €360m euro…
