Former Enemalta engineer says Gatt caused loss of favourable gas investment

Infrastructure Minister Austin Gatt caused the loss of a potentially favourable gas investment some 10 years ago, according to a former Enemalta manager. Writing in The Times today, John Pace recounts how negotiations with Italian energy giant Eni fell through when Dr Gatt replaced Josef Bonnici as minister responsible for Enemalta. “(Dr) Gatt immediately made administrative changes in Enemalta, including a change in how fuel was procured. This resulted in the formation of a powerful lobby by the fuel oil importers who would stand to lose millions of euros if the power stations converted to gas. This lobby may have influenced the decision but I think the real reason was elsewhere.”  “I think it was political jealousy,” he adds. Full story in The Times.