gibfocus - 11th April 2008
( 2008-04-11 14:27:00)
The Gibraltar Local Disability Movement today says that the allegation of sexual abuse within the Dr Giraldi Home in the case of Industrial Tribunal of Joanna Hernandez and Social Services Agency is "provoking strong disagreement and disapproval within our community."
The GLDM expresses that the allegation of sexual abuse within the Dr Giraldi Home that have been made over more than two years, have not improved the situation or condition of many who are concern that their love ones may have been subjected to the abuses.
"And now that government has put the lid on the Industrial Tribunal it seems that the witness statements on the sexual allegation of sexual abuse within the Dr Giraldi Home will not be told, and this, The Disability Movement adds is raising many voices within the disabled community," said a GLDM spokesperson.
The Gibraltar Local Disability Movement goes on "by saying that government issues regarding if any allegation of sexual abuse within the Dr Giraldi Home, if being made, should be reported to the Royal Gibraltar Police, this may be true but we ask, why hasn't the government done the same? as it is suppose to be the case, that government should and ought be looking after our welfare. The G.L.D.M. makes note that under the social services agency act, 2002, under duties of the agency article (f) it must ensure that all complaints made against the Agency or any employee or contractor of the Agency are properly investigated without delay. And adds why has this not been done, and if it has what were the findings.
"The Gibraltar Local Disability Movement ends by saying that just as it been saying on many unspecified number of times, as just as other groups, that a full independent public inquiry into the allegations towards the Dr Giraldi Home should be undertaken."
Mr. Nelson spokesperson for the GLDM said, "Government may disagree in investigating the allegations but when statements as drug and sexual abuse are being made, all of us in Gibraltar must react to this by showing the feelings or thoughts we have, we should have a medium in which the public may debate this issue or express opinions, one of the options could be as in a GBC view point."
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