Tag: Jonathan Attard
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Labour government expands Standards in Public Life Act: MPs Declaration of Assets to remain unpublished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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The Minister of Justice incorporates Malta into China’s international kangaroo courts
Yesterday, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard announced that Malttese lawyers will be eligible to join the Shanghai International Arbitration Centre as arbiters, effectively empowering Chinese companies that do business with Malta or the Maltese. The Labour government has a newfound appreciation for kangaroo courts because these can be used to obfuscate the government’s corruption. The SHIAC…
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Labour’s money pit in the Totalitarian Leader of the Third-World
Labour lies to the hilt and you can’t particularly trust the goons and minions who hover in Joseph Muscat’s circles, such as Ramona Attard. Apparently, she was also present with Minister Jonathan Attard’s delegation to China. Ramona Attard is close friends with Joseph Muscat’s lawyer and business lawyer, Charlon Gouder as well as with Minister…
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You have seen nothing yet
The Labour government doesn’t want to genuinely address the housing affordability crisis. The top=brass of the government and the party want to ensure to keep enriching themselves even further even if this means adding more fuel to Malta’s structural problems. Justice Minister Jonathan Attard is bragging that he went to a Shanghai property expo in…
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Getting back at Clayton Bartolo
We have updated this article because we may have misidentified Jessica Buttigieg in the BCA photo but some readers insist that it is actually Jessica Buttigieg – we are still trying to confirm this. Full details below. Jessica Buttigieg is actually the ex-wife of disgraced Minister Clayton Bartolo. Clayton Bartolo left his ex-wife for…
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Exclusive: The extensive nepotism by Justice Minister Jonathan Attard
Update: This article has been updated with reference to this article here. Some are still claiming that the woman in the photo is Jessica Buttigieg but we have not confirmed this yet. Justice Minister Jonathan Attard has filled the entities and institutions his ministry is responsible for with as many Labour Party activists as possible,…
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Watch Jonathan Attard’s beautiful homage to the founder of the Ramblers Association: Lino Bugeja
For those saying that the incumbent Minister for Justice, Jonathan Attard was presejnt at the protest shown here, simply as a “journalist”, then allow me to remind you of the positive coverage the Labour Party gave to all the environmental organisations back then, and compare it with the vile and acerbic rhetoric by ONE News…
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Here’s the current Minister of Justice Jonathan Attard protesting in favour of the environment
The Ramblers’ Association has just published a photo of current Justice Minister Jonathan Attard attending a protest against the proposed rationalisation plans by then-minister George Pullicino. The protest took place om 2006. This was during a time when the Labour Party tied itself to the environmental movement of that time and pledged to roll-back the…
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The Labour Party is more pro-Joseph Muscat today than it was in 2019
When Prime Minister Robert Abela became leader of the Labout he promised to turn a new leaf. The Premier insisted he wil bring new faces into Labour and create his team while sidelining Joseph Muscat’s associates. Throughout this process, the Labour Party was supposedly to regenerate and become filled with new and young leaders with…
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New penalties for tax evaders go through second reading in Parliament
The government is passing a bill to strengthen tax collection, which is currently at its second reading in Parliament. The bill is part of the efforts by the Minister for Finances to strengthen tax collection but was presented by the Minister for Justice Jonathan Attard. You can download the bill here. You can listen to…
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Not in the interest of the press
Earlier today the Minister for Justice Jonathan Attard launched a public consultation campaign about its proposed press reforms. The bill is already in Parliament and in its second reading, and according to the comments the Minister gave during the press conference, he wants to add additional measures which seek to control and regulate the press.…
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€18.6 million worth of assets seized in 2023 but only up to €1 million seized in 2024
The Asset Recovery Bureau is an entity that falls under the Ministry of Justice that holds all the assets seized by the Court. It also manages these assets and by permitting the accused of making use of their funds via Court orders. The ARB seized up to €18.65 million in assets in 2023. In 2024,…
