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Police Commissioner verifying allegations PN stands by Debono MARTINA BORG PN deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami stood by the party's decision of a wait- and-see approach about former Gozo minister Giovanna Debono, describing reports about her as "unsubstantiated evidence". "The PN has already expressed its opinion on the Giovanna Debono case and it is not likely to change this just because of unsubstantiated evidence being pushed forward by the govern- ment," Fenech Adami said in com- menting about the case. On Sunday, MaltaToday reported that a second Gozitan contractor has come forward offering to substantiate claims about free private construction works to constituents which were paid for by the Gozo Ministry. The case was first revealed by a Gozitan whistle- blower contractor Giovanna Debono's husband Anthony, who used the minis- terial budget to bankroll private works for constituents. Along with pictures of works carried out in Gozo, extracts of an email sent to PN whip David Agius by the first contractor were also published. Speaking to MaltaToday following a press conference in Iklin, Fench Ada- mi insisted that the accusations were "nothing but mud slinging right ahead of the upcoming local council elec- tions, as the lack of proper evidence shows". "Joseph Muscat has made various claims which have yet remained un- substantiated and as such the Nation- alist Party's position has remained con- stant; it will not take any steps against Debono unless any of these claims are substantiated," the deputy PN leader said. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The pri- vate works carried out for private residences before the national elections were the talk of town in Gozo, but the culture of omertà on the island prevented anyone, even in the media, from knowing the truth behind the culture of se- crecy. The revelations of how Anthony Debono would provide material from the Gozo ministry's garage and public works depot to the pri- vate contractors surfaced when the private contractors failed to get paid. The scam included the issuing of invoices for works already carried out in valleys and rural areas. It is also being suggested that the constituents who were pro- vided with the works may in fact have partly paid for the works. This would suggest that not all the works were being provided for free but a discounted rate. As reported in MaltaToday, emails have been produced indi- cating that the first whistleblower who was owed the declared amount of around €50,000 had emailed to PN parliamentary whip David Ag- ius for assistance. The Nationalist Party has retort- ed by saying that it could not know that the claims for payment were related to any wrongdoing. On the other hand the Labour Party has called on the PN to come clean. David Agius argued last Monday on Reporter, aired on TVM, that he understood that the email re- ferred to payments due for works for the Gharb local council. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has called on Opposition leader Si- mon Busuttil to suspend Giovanna Debono from the party, but Busut- til has replied that the timing of the news stories was timed to de- viate attention from Muscat's own governance issues with the €4.2 million bailout of the Café Premier leaseholders. sbalzan@mediatoday.com.mt File photo showing Anthony Debono (left) next to former minister Giovanna Debono at the opening of parliament in 2013