Going by a Central Bank book there are various technical details of the Central Bank Act, apart from other laws and regulations that make Edward Scicluna’s position as Governor of the Central Bank incongruent with the Act.
A prerequisite for the Governor’s ability to perform his functions in office includes focusing exclusively on Central Bank work while being prohibited from conducting private work or engaging in personal financial ventures. Attending and defending yourself in a Court Case, which is also the most high-profile criminal-political case in history, disallows the Central Bank Governor to exclusively focus on his duties. The Court Case itself and its workload is the equivalent of another job.
So, basically, if we have a banking crisis, and the Prime Minister needs to call on the Governor of the Central Bank, he may not, because the Governor is stuck in a day-long court sitting, explaining that he is not a fraudster.
Meanwhile, look who was right all along about Edward Scicluna.
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