Stories in the press of threats to the Standards Commissioner by the Prime Minister can be confirmed by The Maltese Herald. The government has been clamping down on the Standards Commission due to several investigations that the commission had started on various MPs from both political parties.
The Standards Commission also rejected an investigation into the declaration of the Prime Minister’s assets over a technicality. The investigation was in relation to a story, originally published by The Maltese Herald, which investigated the discrepancies of the declarations of assets by the Prime Minister. The investigation showed that Robert Abela used to syphon his business gains into his wife’s bank account.
Standards Commissioner Joseph Azzopardi has also appealed for transparency in the MPs’ declarations of assets.
There are multiple ongoing police investigations over the the declarations of assets by several MPs from both political parties. These investigations are not related to the investigations by the Standards Commissioner but intelligence and documents between the Police and the Standards Commissioner was shared. The Police have also requested several declarations from the Speaker of Parliament.
The Maltese Herald has also been informed that a prosecutor involved in the cases of fraud concerning MPs’ assets declarations has been fired from his post as part of the government’s clampdown on these ongoing investigations. Our sources have also informed us that no further information can be provided due to ongoing investigations.
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