ADPD - The Green Party, has called on the Commissioner of Police to immediately initiate criminal proceedings against all those involved in Rosianne Cutajar's past ITS consultancy contract.
ADPD in a statement, took note of the NAO report published on Tuesday.
Sandra Gauci, ADPD-The Green Party Chairperson, said that "from a quick perusal of the report's conclusions it is crystal clear that those entrusted with ensuring in the public sector good governance have failed miserably in their basic duties. It serves no purpose in having clear rules if those entrusted with enforcing them do not care."
"This report of the Auditor General was published today after ADPD, through its then Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo, had, on 28th March 2023 requested that the Auditor General examines the contract of employment through which Rosianne Cutajar was engaged as a consultant. It was then requested that the Auditor General examines whether public funds were used abusively. The report is very clear on the fraud and negligence prevalent in this engagement of a consultant at the Institute for Tourism Studies."
"We expect the Commissioner of Police to immediately initiate criminal proceedings against all those involved in this abusive act which has defrauded the national exchequer, as well as against those who had the duty to stop it all but facilitated its happening through their inaction," Sandra Gauci said.