Following revelations against Clayton Bartolo, his wife, and Clint Camilleri, there are increased calls for the Prime Minister Robert Abela to take immediate action to ensure that ministers who resign in disgrace are not given terminal benefits.
In a statement this morning, Arnold Cassola insists that such benefits should be given only to those who leave office with dignity and not to politicians who betray public trust.
He underlined what he termed an “absurd situation”, where, for instance, former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, after allegations of corruption during his tenure, was reportedly awarded a terminal benefit of €120,000 and keeps receiving privileges paid by taxpayers.
Cassola said that a similar story has been repeated with other disgraced ministers and parliamentary secretaries – one that has outraged those voters who feel betrayed by such payouts.
Whilst thanking the Standards Commissioner for addressing these issues, Arnold Cassola insists that stronger measures are necessary in order to ensure that “taxpayers would not be financing political misconduct.”.
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