Tag: MPs
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Labour government expands Standards in Public Life Act: MPs Declaration of Assets to remain unpublished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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When Labour was still actively socialist: on salary increases for politicians
The photo was taken in 2011 and the stencil was sprayed all over coast-roads in Malta during that time. It emerged after the Nationalist administration granted a €500 weekly increase to government ministers in an unexpected and surprising move that doubled their salaries. The increase was highly controversial because it was granted during a time…
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Nationalist Party MPs react to The Maltese Herald’s article with denial: “We are not supporting either candidate,” they say
Nationalist Party MPs reacted to The Maltese Herald‘s article on their preference for their party leader with the most childish and nonsensical manner possible: together they coordinated a campaign of denial declaring that they are not supporting either candidate. Obviously, and supposedly, this is meant to show that the Nationalist Party is united. Somehow, the…
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Condemnations, condemnations and the disruption of Parliament by Labour
While Europe is engaged in one of its most important debates since the end of the Cold War, our Prime Minister and the Labour Party MPs were very busy this week issuing more condemnations and disrupting Parliament. These condemnations have reached a point that there is now confusion in Parliament with the Speaker, AnÄ¡lu Farrugia,…
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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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Labour’s Internal Hurricane: Joseph Muscat Fatigue, A Renewed Rebellion, and Fear of Defeat
There is one thing that is absolutely clear to Labour loyalists and activists, regardless of their hardened and blind loyalty to their leaders: they don’t like leaders who lose and they don’t like losing elections. As one might expect, they are highly dismissive of leaders who lead them to electoral defeat. This sentiment has been…
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The Nationalist Party MPs who prefer Trump to Biden
Lovin Malta asked Nationalist Party MPs who they prefer between Trump and Biden. This is a very legitimate question in any political scenario in the world because it reflects a preference not just for ideology, but also a preference between constitutional democracy or an illiberal and authoritarian government that operates with a total disregard for…
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Robert Abela tells his MPs not to comment or to reply to this website and The Shift News and to speak only to MaltaToday
Yesterday, prime minister Robert Abela told his MPs through his official propagandist with an explicit order that they are not allowed to give any comment to this website or to The Shift News. Instead, they were told to speak only to MaltaToday with official statements they handed over by OPM. MPs were already not allowed…
