The Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) investigation into the allegation that ‘whistle-blowers’ were incentivised to provide evidence to the McGrail Inquiry “has not uncovered any evidence that meets the threshold for criminal prosecution for Misconduct in Public Office.”
The Gibraltar Contingency Council chaired jointly by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and the Governor Vice Admiral David Steel, convened in person this afternoon at No 6 Convent Place. The Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia and Minister for the Port Vijay Daryanani attended in person, whilst Minister for Environment John Cortes attended via video link.
Staff at the Information Technology & Logistics Department (‘IT&LD’) will refuse to undertake discretionary overtime, whilst reserving the right to escalate into industrial action measures if necessary as part of a dispute declared between the GGCA union and the Government.
The Government was this afternoon briefed by the Strategic Coordinating Group on the latest situation regarding water production as well as the effects of the OS 35 vessel incident to our water infrastructure. The meeting was chaired by the Deputy Chief Minister with the Minister for Public Utilities and Minister for the Environment also in attendance.