The Government says it notes, “with disappointment”, the European Parliament’s objection, today, to the entry into force of the European Commission’s decision to remove certain jurisdictions, including Gibraltar, from the EU’s list of ‘high-risk’ third-countries with strategic deficiencies as regards anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”).
The Equality Rights Group says that the proposal to form a Consultative Council made up of past and present politicians “serves only to entrench class and social division in Gibraltar, whilst encouraging the predominance of a social aristocracy.”
The GSD says that, “despite preaching transparency the Government evidently has no desire to facilitate the flow of financial or other important information to Parliament.”
The Government says it notes what it describes as “the latest hypocritical statements from the Opposition” on the matter of the Gibraltar Bus Company. Number Six argues that, considering what it calls “the astronomical financial burden” that the blue buses caused to the taxpayer as a result of the “poor decisions” of the previous administration, “it is unbelievable” that the Opposition now criticise the Government for removing this burden.