Update 9 - Oil procurement audit: Audit Office saw no need to refer to the police

Updated 12.37 p.m. (Most recent in italics at the bottom) Nationalist MP Beppe Fenech Adami this morning criticised members of the National Audit Office (NAO) for not interviewing people against whom allegations had been made in the oil procurement investigation which the Office had carried out. He also noted, after repeatedly questioning NAO officials, that the investigation had found no criminal activity and therefore had found no need to refer to the police before, during or after the audit. The NAO officials said their investigation focused on good governance. The audit office investigated oil procurement procedures between 2008 and early 2011. During the meeting, the Auditor General, Anthony Mifsud, said in reply to other questions, that Enemalta was against the recording of phone conversations on oil purchase negotiations. Mr Mifsud said that the recording of such phone conversation was the practice abroad, and his office favoured it because it provided more transparency. But when queried as recently as a month-and-a-half ago Enemalta said it was against such recording, especially because of the element of bluff involved in such negotiations. In his opening, Mr Mifsud said...