Updated - Government accepts Busuttil call for summer debate on oil procurement audit

Updated 1.09 p.m. The government said today that it was in favour of having meetings of the Public Accounts Committee during the summer to discuss the Auditor-General's report on oil procurement. The statement followed a declaration in the Times of Malta by Opposition leader Simon Busuttil who called for such a debate. The government said that, if needed, a debate about the 'scandals' should also be held in Parliament once it convened after the summer recess. It said it was surprised that Dr Busuttil had asked the government for the debate within the committee when he could have sought the meeting himself once the committee is chaired by an Opposition MP. In his comments, Dr Busuttil said he wanted the Public Accounts Committee to discuss the findings of an oil procurement audit, even during the summer recess. Dr Busuttil said the PN wanted the truth to be publicly discussed. “This is why we want the National Audit Office report to be discussed in the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament. And we are prepared to do this immediately, even during the summer recess,” he said. “So far, the Prime Minister has remained evasive on whether to discuss the NAO report in the Public...