In the House of Commons
From Hansard (transcript of proceedings in the House of Commons – question posted by MP to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and the latter’s reply) – the Malta government/Malta Enterprise/Energy Ministry’s consultant crops up again:
Corruption and Bribery
HC Deb 20 June 2000 vol 352 cc142-4W 142W
§ Mr. Austin
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the British companies which have been banned from World bank contracts because of fraud and corruption in the last five years.[127076]
§ Mr. Caborn
The companies and individuals debarred by the World bank for infringing its procurement guidelines and which are listed on the World bank’s website are as follows:
Pradeep S. Nair of London, United Kingdom
Crown Sakura Ltd. of London, United Kingdom
Chase Berkeley Cavendish Ltd. of London, United Kingdom
Amani B. P. Ltd. of London, United Kingdom
Case Technology Ltd. of Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Labh Singh Gill of Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Pradeep Menon of London, United Kingdom
Shivshanker Pre Nair of London, United Kingdom
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http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/written_answers/2000/jun/20/corruption-and-bribery
In my opinion the Nair affair will never surface on mainstream media for a simple reason: if it does, Nair will leave Malta and with him all the investment/money he promised the PL government.
The Labour media will obviously not mention it.
The Nationalist media will not mention it because if they do, they will be accused of hindering the government and “dawk li telfuna investiment kbir min barra”.
So the PN media will not pick it up. Similarly to the Enemalta scandal, the PL distanced itself from disseminating the news although one wonders who gave the hard drive to Saviour Balzan. Thus PN will distance itself from the Nair affair to ensure that they are not accused of hampering foreign investment.
The independent media should pick it up … but there is none. All independents have shown their true colours in the as election and busting the Nair affair now may be a bit too early in the legislation.
It looks like India and China have found the unlikely alliance suggested, directly, to President Kalam.
What you say is very true, but does not detract from the moral responsibilities of the Nationalist Party.
I’ve heard it said about American politics that the two parties are like two balls under the same dick.
Seems to me that this applies equally well to politics of the Maltese variety.
Daphne, feel free to censor at your discretion, but I just had to say it.
If anyone has the time it is well worth going into the British Parliament Archives. There’s a wealth of information.
For example this is from an exchange between Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Mr. Biggs-Davison.
HC Deb 12 July 1971 vol 821 cc18-9
‘Do not many of us who know Dom Mintoff like to remember the time when he wanted to get closer to Britain?’
Only “closer”? Mintoff wanted to “integrate” Malta with Britian with (?) three seats in the House of Commons. Nothing would have been more suffocatingly close if “salvatur” Dom had had his wish!
If that is really the case, then we have long since been bought and sold by the political parties and the media.
Huta tinten dan.
Il-huta minn rasa tinten.
Food for thought.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-1565028/Companies-face-fraud-quiz-by-MPs.html