A parliamentary committee will review the minutes of Electrogas meetings related to the gas-fired power station but they will not be made public. The minutes, covering the end of 2013 through to 2017 were submitted to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday by Electrogas director and Tumas Group chairman Ray Fenech. The Electrogas consortium had been controversially awarded a contract by the government to build the power station. Fenech is set to be questioned by MPs about the project next week, but not before the committee’s members have had time to review the minutes. On Tuesday Fenech insisted that the minutes be viewed by the committee but that they remain unpublished. Opposition MP David Agius said that the board members were all "gentlemen" and would honour their word. He later apologized for this turn of phrase in light of one MP, Naomi Cachia being a woman. Fenech said the minutes contained information that was not strictly related to the power station matter and so should not be disclosed to the public. After a brief discussion, the committee agreed that the documents would be viewed but not published. The minutes relate to Electrogas Malta (EGM) as...
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