Tag: Joseph Azzopardi
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Hiding behind the Standards Commissioner (again)
Political party Momentum and NGO Repubblika have requested the Standards Commissioner to investigate the allegations made by Judge Lawrence Mintoff including those about the Paqpaqli case. The focus should be on the Prime Minister’s irregular meetings with the Judiciary – anything else is just a distraction and diversion. Under no normal circumstances should the Prime…
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Threats to the Standards Commissioner are confirmed: government clamping down on multiple investigations
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…
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The useless Commissioner for Standards in Public Life
In Malta Commissioners for Standards in Public Life seem to be as malleable as Chief Justices. Despite finding Labour Junior Minister Alicia Bugeja Said guilty of using public resources to promote herself, she will face no repercussions because she apologised. Already there were multiple Labour ministers found guilty of using public resources to promote themselves…
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Breaking: Rosianne Cutajar is being investigated by the police for laundering money in Dubai
Joseph Caruana, the alleged corrupt and illiterate taxman who signed off a report exculpating Rosianne Cutajar of tax evasion will have a lot of explaining to do to the police. Maybe, he is going to pull off the excuse that he is illiterate and didn’t understand the documents he was given – that would be…
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PN seems to have been right about Standards Commissioner Joseph Azzopardi
This week the newly-appointed Standards Commissioner and previous chief justice, Joseph Azzopardi issued a very shocking and ridiculous ruling that argued that politically-appointed public officials are not politically exposed persons and therefore do not require scrutiny by his office. The Nationalist Party had objected to his appointment because it argued he was going to be…
