For­mer prime min­is­ter Stu­art Young has de­fend­ed the de­ci­sion of the Min­istry of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries to refuse to dis­close its in­ves­tiga­tive re­port in­to an in­dus­tri­al ac­ci­dent at Ni­Quan En­er­gy’s Pointe-a-Pierre plant, which claimed the life of an em­ploy­ee of a third-par­ty con­trac­tor.

On Fri­day, Jus­tice Ava­son Quin­lan-Williams up­held a ju­di­cial re­view law­suit brought by for­mer Massy En­er­gy En­gi­neered So­lu­tions Lim­it­ed (MEES) plant fit­ter Al­lan­lane Ramkissoon’s wid­ow Sarah against the min­istry over its re­fusal to dis­close the re­port com­piled by min­istry of­fi­cials.

In a state­ment is­sued yes­ter­day, Young sought to ex­plain the de­ci­sion which was made while he served as En­er­gy Min­is­ter be­fore he was ap­point­ed to briefly serve as prime min­is­ter be­fore the gen­er­al elec­tion in April.