The Nationalist Party has accused the government of “discriminating” against voluntary organisations following a Standards Commissioner report which found that two NGOs led by Michelle Muscat had been given preferential treatment in the secondment of public employees. The report concluded that rules had been repeatedly breached and there was insufficient
A report by the Standards Commissioner confirms that this Government is now discriminating even against voluntary organisations, the Nationalist Party said Tuesday. It is clear that, for this government, some NGOs are considered far more important than others. Many non-governmental organisations carry out invaluable work for the benefit of society
The Marigold Foundation and the National Rare Diseases Alliance have said in a joint statement that the Standards’ Commissioner had found no wrongdoing in either of them in his report. In his report, published on Monday evening, Standards Commissioner Joseph Azzopardi cleared Prime Minister Robert Abela of any ethical breach but concluded that the
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
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
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