As TG questions plans to re-open schools, Govt says experts will set the pace
Pic: Johnny Bugeja 27th January 2021
Plans to reopen schools were at the centre of a public row on Tuesday after Together Gibraltar “pleaded” with the Gibraltar Government to delay the return to classrooms by two weeks.
The party accused the government of a “penchant for lax measures and risk taking” and said schools should remain closed until teachers had received their second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
That, the party said, would provide “adequate protection” for teachers and delay community spread and long-term disruption to education.
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‘Where does this leave Gibraltar?’ - Azopardi
Jon Nazca/REUTERS 24th December 2020
Keith Azopardi, the Leader of the Opposition, welcomed news of the UK/EU deal on a future relationship “in principle”, but asked as fundamental question: “Where does that leave Gibraltar?”
Mr Azopardi said that until a deal was reached for Gibraltar, the new would “mean nothing” for Gibraltarians and would be meaningless to their quality of life.
“It would be a supreme irony for the UK to leave the EU with a deal and for the only British territory in mainland Europe that overwhelmingly wanted to stay in the EU to be sacrificed at the altar of political expediency,” he told the Chronicle.
Dealing with corruption
By Robert Vasquez
Two matters have hit the news in the Cayman Islands and in England and Wales that need attention, which would go some way to improve the ‘peace, order and good government of Gibraltar’.
The first is the proposal to reform corruption laws in England and Wales. The second is an update of the Cayman Constitution, which includes an independent Commission for Standards in Public Life and an independent Public Accounts Committee. However, pointedly, in Gibraltar, we do not have either institution.
Our Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, on the 4th December sent heartfelt congratulations to the Cayman Islands on it having achieved constitutional reform. These congratulations indicate agreement with that Constitution, so there can be few arguments against establishing both these highly beneficial institutions in Gibraltar.