The Gibraltar Local Disability Movement calling for a public enquiry into the Social Services Agency petition was singed by Gibraltar Bishop Charles Caruana this Saturday. The Bishop during his attendance to the Royal Marines marching through the city, approached the disability movements table at the Piazza and singed the petition for a public inquiry to the allegations of Dr Giraldi Home. The Bishop Charles Caruana quoted “Why have they taken to long, the sooner they do it the better”

“Bishop Charles Caruana’s support for our petition calling for a public inquiry to the allegations of Dr Giraldi Home has not only strengthened our call for a public inquiry but has also given us the strength and inspiration to see it to the end” spokesman of the GLDM adds.

The Gibraltar Local Disability Movement is working with very limited resources to finish the sampling of public support for our petition, for a public inquiry to the allegations of Dr Giraldi Home. We hope to be able to hand this over to the Governor Sir Robert Fulton very soon. The Disability Movement adds that the Governor is a representative for the Queen and UK, and that the UK is responsible for Gibraltar’s compliance with the various international charters relative to the rights of the disabled.

The GLDM is calling that appropriate measures be made to enlist the support of the UK government to a full and public inquiry into the allegations of Dr Giraldi Home and to thereby remedy our violation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The inquiry should also ensure that systemic failures are addressed by providing for regular such independent audits to prevent a recurrence of this sorry affair.

Gibraltar constitution does not diminish the UK international responsibility for Gibraltar and as the member state responsible in the European Union the UK has a duty to ensure that Gibraltar complies.