Video: BWSC denies bribery for Malta contract

Muscat. Pat

Dec 2nd 2009, 15:48

Are those who are critical of PL's questioning of the BWSC tendering process that for the good of the country ( reading PN) there should be no Opposition? Is it by coincidence that in the Transparancy Index International, as published by the Times last week, the more corrupt the country, the less the Opposition is strong and active? Do clean and open tendering processes, help the very idea of democracy in Malta? Is.nt it a clean and open tendering process beneficial to the taxpayer and just for the businessman with a high ethical standard ? Does a clean and open tendering process makes the Maltese more European or less so? If the answer is yes, then Joseph Muscat is doing his duty and is on the right track.

Daniel Goggi

Dec 1st 2009, 13:44

@ d.magro

He answered your last question before he himself actually stated the kind of technology which will be used.

He said, we don't have natural gas, nuclear, hydro energy so the alternative to energy (and if I may add to it, I would say commercially viable alternative energy) is the kind of energy which we are presently and will be using.

To supply ALL (not a percentace but all) Malta and Gozo with enough energy through solar power/wind energy you need huge open areas. Unfortunately (I stand to be corrected) we lack the luxury of space on this island.

Daniel Goggi

Dec 1st 2009, 12:41

@ Galea. L

Google is an internet search engine and as such it only finds sites that you are looking/asking for. Google as nothing to do with the websites it finds. So bottom line it is ridiculous and a lost case should any one even dream of suing Google.

To all the people commenting: How hilarious it is to read comments. People in favour, against.. This is just hilarious! We always find that free time to give our little input on EVERY issue there is on the island. Let the politicians do their job and the legal authorities do their job. Everyone will live happily ever after.

Galea. L

Dec 1st 2009, 09:38

J Martinelli
Google search "bwsc corruption" and read to your heart's content
Go on if you dare Martinelli. Do a google search and learn for yourself.

As for those saying that BWSC will seek damages has it done so against google and those who are exposing its alleged corruption in other countries where its contacts have been sent to prison? NO.

d.magro

Dec 1st 2009, 06:24

The Danish chap is not confortable. Certain questions in the interviews were "Skimmed", what about the corruption cases? Were they dropped because they became stale ? What about the emissions? What about the remains of the fuel? At one point he stated that is the first plant of this type in EU...is it because it would not be used in other EU countries as it does not fit EU regualtions?

P. Schembri

Nov 30th 2009, 15:45

@J.Cauchi. Of course it will be beneficial. It will leave about 31 tonnes of waste daily! Then we can sell it to third world countries as soil sediment! Don't you know that the Government lowered the bar so that this company can pass the test for tendering? Do you know why it did it? What's behind it? This extension will pollute more than the present power station. The government's promise was that the power station will be converted to gas not fuel oil! Something made him change his mind. I wonder what!

d fenech

Nov 30th 2009, 15:40

another , of a series of bubbles bursting in muscat's face! nearly as good as the one of his budget reply. claiming no investment on the eve of a major annoucemnent of an investment by sr tech.When is muscat going to ditch drama for substance?

V Battistino

Nov 30th 2009, 15:24

@N Xuereb

you are perfectly right....such allegations should be proven in a court as otherwise they remain allegations and nothing else !

But back in Malta, allegations are taken as a 'guilty' verdict, most of the times.

I would be have been more amused if this story emanated from the 'losers' of the contract, however, they are not even uttering a word when they had all the time and chance in their life to do so at adjudicating stage !

And maybe the PL will repeat a past story when other allegations proved unfounded at court and the then leader of the opposition kept on stating uselessly that he remained 'morally convinced' and it ended all there !

Anthony Briffa

Nov 30th 2009, 15:23

The problem with this issue is not the credibilty of BWSC but the credibity of the Leader of the Opposition who is supposedily preparing himself to be Prime Minister in four years time. This is nothing but mud slinging and unfounded allegations, which will eventually get him nowhere. What he is supposed to be doing at this point is explaining to the electorate his policies for the future in terms of job & wealth creation for the country.

mario gellel

Nov 30th 2009, 15:17

@Martinelli
Why are looking at only one case, when LP LEADER mentioned at least 5.
Why did your govt not make it public in the first place and signed the deal behind closed doors, when normaly we get all kinds of trumpets and cameras flashing. Would you not suspect corruption went on if it was done by a Labour Govt. You seem to see only like a blind folded horse driven by Gonzipn, een if you are being driven to a cliff edge

wally vella-zarb

Nov 30th 2009, 14:51

I suppose that it all hinges on one's definition of what constitutes a 'bribe'. Some people think that offering a gift in appreciation of 'services rendered', before or after the fact, does not constitute a 'bribe'. A learned Judge in the Maltese Courts has recently decided otherwise...

J.Borg

Nov 30th 2009, 14:39

As far as i know the PL never mention that there was bribery in the maltese contract.......!!!!!!!!!

If they got nothing to hide, why don't they present the relevant documents on the contracts mentioned by the danish nationa newspaper!!!!

J Martinelli

Nov 30th 2009, 14:32

@ Charles J. Buttigieg

It is not questioning the integrity of BWSC that is so stupid.

It is basing allegations, (proved by Danish police as groundless) obtained from a newspaper and splashing the information without verifying it first.

This is a second attempt by Joseph who also told us that when he was visiting Libya, he had been shown the details of the deal worked out between Italy and Libya. As it turned out he was officially shown nothing of the sort but he got sketchy information from a Libyan newspaper!

It makes one wonder why the past Socialist governments never tried to update the antiquated telephone system, the inadequate power supply, the lack of water, etc.? Were they afraid of not finding firms which did not pay commissions (bribes)?

Joseph Agius

Nov 30th 2009, 14:31

I think BWSC should sue the PL...it should be a lesson the 'new' labour should learn!...and that is when we would finally have 'a new style of politics' !

Joseph Cauchi

Nov 30th 2009, 14:20

To all those that are insinuating that BWSC was involved in bribery, aren’t you aware that you could be subject to libel?

And if a company like BWSC files for damages, the damages claimed would be in the MILLIONS!

Are you prepared to fork out these MILLIONS?

JC.

john Micallef

Nov 30th 2009, 14:07

Ma hawnx xi hadd ipretenda li jamettu hux??

Li jinterssani at this point, huwa jekk il- pulizija Daniza waqfitx inhabba mankanza ta provibhal ma qal Barkholt, jew ghax il-kaz gie preskritt bhal ma qal il-PL.

Joseph & Berkholt at least agree on this detail.

Saviour Sam Agius

Nov 30th 2009, 13:32

@Joseph Cauchi: Prayer and hope will not really change anything, or will they? Which saint or god do you usually pray to in such circumstances?

Joe Micallef

Nov 30th 2009, 13:22

To all

So you suggest that the Danish police are corrupt! and with a little extra effort that all companies are corrupt because all police forces are! But then maybe not the Israeli company! weeeeellllllll if a company decides to protect its rights strategically outside courts -- Ehmmm something is ssssooooooooo fishy!

Joseph Cauchi

Nov 30th 2009, 13:20

I am astonished how some of us are quick to cast doubts. Why do we have to be so negative?

Let’s pray and hope that this contract will be beneficial to Malta as the BWSC chief executive Soren Barkholt has just said in this interview.

JC.

Charles J. Buttigieg

Nov 30th 2009, 13:07

As if there were corrupt practices BWSC would admit. What a stupid question to ask.

Dennis Deboon

Nov 30th 2009, 13:07

Now what if BWSC sues the PL? Does the PL have enough money to pay it?
-- Well they will turn to their supporters like every Political party does every December.

Harry L. Mizzi

Nov 30th 2009, 12:41

A contract worth 200 million Euros is almost worth dying for. So lying through one's teeth and bribing officials to get a contract, may be, to some unscrupulous business people, only means that justify the end. And any denials will only be believed if they are proven 100 per cent to be correct by a third independent source.

P. Schembri

Nov 30th 2009, 12:38

Who would in his right senses, states GUILTY AS CHARGED? It would be so naive!

N Xuereb

Nov 30th 2009, 12:34

Aren't EU funded and Goverment tenders covered by a declaration from the tenderer that the they had no previous legal issues in other contracts? So if a tenderer was found quilty once, they should not have been able to qualify. Correct me if I'm wrong.