General Workers’ Union officials have not yet been summoned by the Permanent Commission Against Corruption to testify on claims that two major contracts undertaken by Malta Shipyards were shady.
GWU general secretary Tony Zarb said earlier this week the Fairmount scandal was not a closed case for the union.
The job involved work on two semi-submersible barges, the Fjell and the Fjord. The shipyards had made big losses with the union putting the amount at €80 million.
A report drawn up by PricewaterhouseCoopers had found gross mismanagement and serious failings in the estimates drawn up by the shipyards’ marketing manager, who was allowed to leave after serving only six months of his three-year contract.
PWC had established that the job was a loss-making venture before it even began.
Mr Zarb said in October the union asked the Permanent Commission Against Corruption to look into the matter and, subsequently, made its written submissions under oath.
“We hope the commission will not take long to hear this case,” he said, adding no union official had been asked to appear in front of the commission.
The government had turned down the union’s request to conduct an independent inquiry into the case.
Mr Zarb said the union wanted justice to be served on those responsible for the failure of the Fairmount job.