Comments on: Permanent secretary at Energy Ministry: “It was the Minister who decided that no civil servants should accompany him, the Prime Minister and Keith Schembri to Baku.” https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/03/permanent-secretary-at-energy-ministry-doesnt-know-why-no-civil-servants-were-permitted-to-accompany-pm-and-konrad-to-baku/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Thu, 03 Mar 2016 09:31:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/03/permanent-secretary-at-energy-ministry-doesnt-know-why-no-civil-servants-were-permitted-to-accompany-pm-and-konrad-to-baku/#comment-3074370 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:30:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=77251#comment-3074370 In reply to Claude Sciberras.

That’s correct. I’ll change the title.

]]> By: Claude Sciberras https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/03/permanent-secretary-at-energy-ministry-doesnt-know-why-no-civil-servants-were-permitted-to-accompany-pm-and-konrad-to-baku/#comment-3074362 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:25:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=77251#comment-3074362 Daphne, your title is incorrect, the Permanent secretary is actually confirming that it was Minister Konrad Mizzi who decided that no Civil Servants should attend – “Prerogattiva tal-Ministru”.

I think this is a scandal in itself. Had he said we felt there was no need one would have assumed the division is being inefficient or lazy – but by saying it was the minister’s prerogative means that the minister decided that no civil servants should attend.

]]> By: Manuel Camilleri https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/03/permanent-secretary-at-energy-ministry-doesnt-know-why-no-civil-servants-were-permitted-to-accompany-pm-and-konrad-to-baku/#comment-3074332 Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:38:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=77251#comment-3074332 It’s the Minister’s prerogative, he said. That says a lot. No wonder they left Edward Scicluna out of the discussions with Baku.

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