Ministry provides scant details on gas supply agreement

The Ministry for Energy has confirmed that the gas supply agreement between Enemalta and ElectroGas was signed last week. It has however refused to divulge any more details on the signed agreement.

MaltaToday asked the Ministry for details on who signed the agreement on behalf of ElectroGas and the government. This newspaper also asked when the government intends to publish the agreement and whether it intends to table the agreement in parliament.

However the ministry said further details will be given later on.

“The agreement was signed last week and the parties involved were Enemalta and ElectroGas Consortium.  Other details will be given at a later stage.”

The issue was raised during Monday’s edition of TV programme Reporter during which Prime Minister Joseph Muscat first denied that an agreement has been signed and later on corrected himself saying that the agreement was signed but not published.

It was only last week that the government confirmed with this newspaper that an agreement with ElectroGas was to be signed by the end of the week after this issue was raised in a previous edition of TV programme Reporter during which Minister Chris Cardona failed to answer questions by PN deputy leader Mario De Marco on whether the crucial agreement with ElectroGas  had been signed or not.