“I remember when I saw that, I got a sick feeling in my stomach,” he said.
He said the story jogged his memory about a condition in the contract for senior officers in local government which required their employment to be terminated should they be declared bankrupt.
Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun in July after Minister Ron Hoenig announced a public inquiry into the council.Credit: Dion Georgopoulos
“I realised I’d made a mistake in his [employment]. I went to see the mayor and told him that I’m going to have to dismiss this gentleman because he cannot be employed as he’s declared bankrupt.”
He said Mannoun “wasn’t happy about that” and thought Daniel was “performing well, and he was”. He insisted Portelli seek external…