Tag: Declaration of Assets
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Opposition Leader says he will publish the declaration of assets of his MPs and their partners if elected in office: but why not now?
Yesterday at the political rally of the Nationalist Party, Opposition Leader Alex Borg pledged to publish the declaration of assets of his MPs and their partners if he is elected into office. His comments came as the government intends to codify into law its new practice of preventing the publication of these declarations. He also…
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Labour government expands Standards in Public Life Act: MPs Declaration of Assets to remain unpublished
Justice Minister Jonathan Attard has published a reform to expand the First Schedule of the Public Administration Act (570). The reform expands obligations and highlights values such as accountability, transparency, and accountability but critics also argue that Labour is formalising its new policy to conceal the declaration of assets of Members of Parliament from the…
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MPs Declarations of assets were subject to Police investigations – but these investigations fizzled out
The reason why the Prime Minister is fighting a battle against the Standards Commissioner over the publications of the declaration of assets of members of parliament, is that these declarations have been subject of police investigations last year. As always happens in Malta, the Police investigations were initially prompted by press stories. Eventually, these investigations…
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All the Members of Parliament who were investigated over their declarations of assets
More on why the publication of Yorgen Fenech’s chats with Rosianne Cutajar is in the public interest. Before the government barred the regular publication of the Declaration of Assets submitted by members of parliament, the Commission for the Standards of Public Life was investigating various MPs over their declarations. The government shut down this practice…
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Commissioner for Standards urges transparency in Ministers’ asset declarations
The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life has called for greater transparency by Ministers of the government and Members of Parliament where asset declarations are concerned. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Commissioner emphasised that the level of disclosure of information that Ministers declare cannot be reduced when there is reform on the…
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No submission of declaration of assets until reform is made
Ironically, the Prime Minister lamented that some members of the Opposition are more focused on Magisterial Inquiries and Court proceedings than addressing the concerns of ordinary people. Prime Minister Robert Abela has just announced a reform about the submission of declaration of assets claiming that the reform will streamline the declarations of assets for Opposition…
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Update on the story about the declaration of assets by government MPs
Following the story we published yesterday about the Labour government’s refusal to publish the declaration of assets of its MPs we’ve received updates about our story from government sources. At least two government MPs are currently being investigated over their declaration of assets on suspicions of fraudulently failing to list several of their assets. The…
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Multiple scandals behind the declaration of assets: at least two Labour MPs are being investigated
This is the first time this year in many years that the government is late in presenting the declaration of assets of its MPs to Parliament. Multiple sources have confirmed with The Maltese Herald that the declaration of assets of at least two different Labour MPs are currently being investigated by the authorities. The investigations…
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Nationalist Party calls for immediate publication of asset declarations by Prime Minister and Cabinet for 2023
The Nationalist Party is insisting that Prime Minister Robert Abela immediately publishes his declaration of assets for 2023, along with those of his Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries. The party described the prolonged delay as “scandalous”, considering that such declarations remain unpublished more than one year beyond when they were due. In a statement, Shadow Minister…
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Roderick Galdes: how it started and how it’s going
Roderick Galdes’ case is an interesting one and is worth delving into in detail. One can easily compare his declaration of assets in a simple and similar manner we did with Robert Abela’s. This is the declaration of assets of Roderick Galdes in his first year as a Labour government junior minister. Residence in Qormi.…
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Robert Abela bought €315,000 worth of land in Xewkija in under two years with undeclared capital
Robert Abela (aka, Saddam Hussein) bought two parcels of land in 2022 and 2023 for a total of €315,000 with capital that was undeclared. If this was the case with an ordinary person, an STR would have to be filed to the FIAU by the bank conducting the money transfer as per anti-money-laundering procedures. If…
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What does that tell you about the housing market, Chris Bonett?
There is a very interesting story in MaltaTday about two government ministers who currently don’t own any property. I don’t know about the surgeon, though it looks very suspicious. What I do know with more clarity is the story of Chris Bonett. Chris Bonett admitted, implicitly in a rather Soviet propagandistic way that his family…
