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HM GOVERNMENT OF GIBRALTAR PRESS OFFICE No.6 Convent Place Gibraltar Tel:20070071; Fax: 20043057 PRESS RELEASE No. 252/2012 Date: 18 th April 2012 GSD used Government material for party-political propaganda The Government has established that Opposition Leader Peter Caruana used designs commissioned and paid for by the taxpayer in the GSD party's general election manifesto. This constitutes an abuse of power and is another example of the former administration blurring the distinction that should exist between party and Government. The images in question were prepared as an integral part of architectural concept design exercises for the GSD Government during the last four years. These Government images then made their way into the GSD manifesto for the general elections of December 2011. While it is difficult to quantify exactly what element of the overall design fee is apportioned to the production of a single image, the estimate is that over £7,000 worth of Government images was used by the GSD in their last election manifesto. The relevant images in the GSD manifesto are the following: Page 22 Flat Bastion and Arengo's Car Park artist's impression Page 23 Engineer Lane and South Barracks Car Parks artist's impression Page 27 Cruise Liner artist's impression Page 36 Senior Citizen's Residence elevation Page 38 Theatre Royal artist's impression Page 41 Plata Villa Performing Arts artist’s impression Page 41 Orange Bastion Arts Centre artist’s impression Page 41 GBC Studios artist’s impression Page 46 New Cancer Hospice artist’s impression Page 47 New Mental Health elevation Page 49 Governor's Parade urban square artist’s impression It is not acceptable that the taxpayer should subsidise the GSD manifesto in this way. The party should have commissioned and paid for the relevant designs instead of using those that were commissioned and paid for by the Government. .

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