Britain’s Channel 4 News today: ‘Cash for passports – what’s the best deal?’
Britain’s media continued to pick up Malta’s cash for passports story today, with this report on Channel 4 News (rest of story in the link below):
Under the current proposals a contribution of 650,000 euros – about £540,000 at current exchange rates – to Malta’s national development fund would secure immediate citizenship, without the applicant having to live on the island for any length of time.
Passports for a spouse and dependent children under 18 cost an additional 25,000 euros each.
Henley & Partners, the industry leaders in “citizen planning”, helped design the scheme, and the firm promises to undertake “the world’s strictest due diligence standards and vetting of applicants, thus ensuring only highly respectable clients will be admitted”.
Nevertheless, a storm of criticism from politicians in Malta and across Europe has led to the scheme being put on hold, pending negotiations between the Maltese government and opposition.
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http://www.channel4.com/news/cash-for-passports-whats-the-best-deal
Meanwhile, headline news on Times of Malta tomorrow:
“George Farrugia tells PAC that his family had donated Daewoo Matiz car to Malta Labour Party.”
Everyone knows that a Daewoo Matiz is worth at least 3 thousand Maltese liri. Now that’s about 6 Artloggi tal-Lira.
I hope The Times will ask the MLP to show it the car.
The other Daewoo scandal.
Was hearing the PAC Committee Meeting. George Farrugia said that, a few years back, his family company gave a Daewoo Matiz car to the Labour Party. X’cuc hu l-arlogg ta’ Tonio Fenech!
Times of Malta is reporting that the European Parliament will be debating Malta’s citizenship scheme on January 16
Did George Farrugia stop dealing during the 20 months that Sant was PM? Did Farrugia have any meetings with Sant and the minister who was responsible for Enemalta?
Ara vera ghaxxaqa il-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat.
http://immigrationandvisasolicitors.co.uk/immigration-lawyers-london/eu-immigration-malta-passes-bill-to-sell-passports-for-e650000/
This is interesting. “Contact us”. Are they breaking Manuel’s law?
And this is the time of the year when people watch the telly most.