Standards Commissioner Blasts Abela's Secrecy on Ministers' Asset Declarations

Standards commissioner blasts Abela's secrecy on ministers' asset declarations

Parliament’s standards commissioner has said he is unable to investigate the government’s decision to hide minister’s asset declarations from public scrutiny while reiterating his disapproval of the move.Commissioner Joseph Azzopardi told ADPD the move “represents a substantial step backwards in terms of transparency.”While the powers afforded to him by law did not allow him to...

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The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life, Emeritus Chief Justice Joseph Azzopardi, confirmed that the asset declarations of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries have been submitted. He was deciding on a complaint lodged by Architect Carmel Cacopardo, as Deputy Chairperson of the ADPD, who, last December, stated that such declarations were not presented in Parliament. ADVERTISEMENT SCROLL TO CONTINUE The Commissioner found no basis to co…