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Investigation reveals blatant abuse of rules by OPM to satisfy Michelle Muscat’s NGOs

Investigation reveals blatant abuse of rules by OPM to satisfy Michelle Muscat’s NGOs

A Standards Commissioner investigation has found that the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) breached its own rules for years to ensure that NGOs presided over by Michelle Muscat, wife of disgraced former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, were supplied with multiple government-paid employees, including two drivers, at taxpayers’ expense. The investigation

Standards report flags rule breaches in Michelle Muscat-linked NGOs

Standards report flags rule breaches in Michelle Muscat-linked NGOs

Two voluntary organisations led by Michelle Muscat were given preferential treatment in the secondment of public employees, with rules repeatedly breached and insufficient oversight by government authorities, according to a report by the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life. However, the commissioner found no evidence that Prime Minister Robert

Standards probe flags preferential treatment to NGOs led by Michelle Muscat, clears PM

Standards probe flags preferential treatment to NGOs led by Michelle Muscat, clears PM

Prime Minister Robert Abela has been cleared of any ethical breach by the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life Joseph Azzopardi, who found no evidence of his involvement in the release of public employees to the Marigold Foundation and the National Alliance for Rare Diseases, but concluded that the two entities were granted preferential treatment