“The Gonzi government is not interested in looking into corrupt practices, but is only interested in conducting a witch hunt to find out the whistleblowers.”
Joseph Muscat
“There is black on white evidence that BWSC did not declare that 5 of its subcontractors were involved in corruption cases in other countries, therefore, a 10% penalty must apply. This penalty means that BWSC will have to payback 20 million Euro to the Maltese Government”
“Gonzi criticized me because I did not go to the Police instead of speaking in Parliament, however neither he himself not Tonio Fenech or Paul Borg Olivier went to the Police Commissioner”
“Labour government would give stronger investigative powers to the Auditor-General, particularly when witnesses did not collaborate with him. The Auditor-General would also have the right to reopen the BWSC case,”
BWSC
“Parliamentary Secretaries and chairpersons would personally be held accountable should any files be found to be missing.”
“Wth a labour Government, the chairpersons’ codes of ethics would be improved to avoid conflict of interests while a Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards would be chosen by Parliament to monitor the works of Member of Parliaments, including ministers and the Prime Minister.”
“A Labour Government would also introduce a law on party finances to ensure that donations were clean and not the result of corruption.”