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 Government has said that it is quite incredible that after the GSD had sixteen years in which to tackle the issue of appointments at the primary care centre, the Opposition should have the “audacity” to criticise this Government and the GHA over the very precise issue that they failed to resolve. Number Six adds that the GSD also choose to ignore the fact that the system has already improved considerably over the past two years from what was there before.
The Governor and Commander in Chief of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton was the Inspecting Officer for a recent Infantry Pass Out Parade at the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick.
The Government has hit back at the GSD on two fronts following heated exchanges yesterday.
On the first topic – the Hernandez bullying investigation – the Government argues that it is “complete nonsense” for the Opposition to claim that the allegations of bullying against Ms Joanna Hernandez have been swept under the carpet.