Tag: Conflict of Interest
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Robert Abela’s legacy: normalising conflict of interest
Some of my critics accuse me of hyperbole especially on my theory that rent-seeking and the rule of law crisis will only get worse. Well, it’s already getting worse. Minister of Animals and Fisheries, Alice Bugeja Said has denied she did any wrongdoing after she received donations from the local tuna industry for her debut…
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We are. It’s fraudulent.
Alice Bugeja Said, the new Minister for Animals and Fisheries has been asked whether she thinks she has a conflict of interest that her political campaign was funded by an industry that she now supposedly regulates. She didn’t reply to the question – that’s a standard procedure for the government, today, not to reply to…