Gozo Channel’s former chairman Joseph Grech has failed to stall the appointment of a new chief executive officer after he was not selected for the job himself.
Dr Grech, who resigned last year after it was revealed that he directed a ferry to return to port and pick him up, filed an injunction to prevent Gozo Channel issuing another call for applications and give him the job.
The court, presided over by Magistrate Josette Demicoli, ruled Dr Grech could have used other avenues to make his case without the need to stop the recruitment process through an injunction.
She said the fact that Dr Grech had served as chairman did not mean he should be given the post of CEO.
Dr Grech filed the injunction after receiving a letter from Gozo Channel informing him his application was not being considered. His application was one of two the company had received.
He said he was excluded from the recruitment process despite being “the most qualified person for the job”.
The court noted that Gozo Channel had aborted the recruitment process and a fresh call was being issued.
According to the company, he was excluded because of the incident last November.
The Gozitan lawyer, who had been appointed by the Government as executive chairman, was forced to resign after ordering the ferry back to port because he arrived late.
Dr Grech was aiming to catch the ferry at 7.30pm, not realising the winter schedule of the company he was responsible for dictated that it left at 7.15pm.
Baffled commuters found themselves being taken back to Mġarr on the chairman’s orders.