Robert Vasquez
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Writing my Llanito World news and political commentary page available at https://t.co/1VyIinPrwa
Gibraltar
Joined November 2010
The rule of law is a precious and fragile thing. I don’t think I really understood this until I spent over five years acting for the (now) former Commissioner of the Royal Gibraltar Police, Ian McGrail. After 35 years of loyal service to the RGP and the people of Gibraltar, Mr
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#Irony. Police Governance Steering Group meets ystrdy to discuss changes impacting on the police - how they’ll do their job - in the room where the co-chair (the Chief Minister) berated the former Commissioner & first attempted to interfere in a criminal investigation. He’d try
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@AdamWagner1 @JebelGib "Recommendations to be implemented with no involvement of the CM" - only gone and made himself joint Chair of the steering group for RGP Reform!
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This is a thoughtful and interesting analysis - worth a read
@AdamWagner1 Straight Talk: The Price of Truth: Was the McGrail Inquiry Worth the Cost?
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More background to the report below. Meanwhile, the Chief Minister, who was found by Sir Peter Openshaw (a retired High Court Judge) to have made a series of “grossly improper” and “sinister” interventions in a criminal investigation into his friend which ultimately led to my
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@LlanitoWorld @KaelanJoyce Straight Talk: The Price of Truth: Was the McGrail Inquiry Worth the Cost?
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🔥 🔥 A very strong statement from Transparency International on the McGrail Inquiry has just been published: Some excerpts: "it would be incredibly risky, maybe even reckless, to leave delivery to Mr Picardo. This is where the UK Government must step in... "The Governor of
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A public inquiry found Gibraltar's Chief Minister made 'grossly improper' attempts to interfere in a criminal investigation – so why is his government responsible for implementing the reforms needed...
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So they like the bits that "exonerate" and "vindicate" but they'll happily spend our money to challenge the bits that criticise the CM. First the principal auditor, now Openshaw. When will it register that perhaps the issue isn't with others but with them? Next election perhaps?
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