Mhux Fl-Interess Tal-Poplu National Security Update
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July 13, 2014 at 10:54pm
The car allowance paid to the Lotteries & Gaming Authority chief is now also a state secret. The Malta Independent reports:
Economy Minister Chris Cardona insisted that he was not in a position to reveal whether the Lotteries and Gaming Authority’s executive chairman, Joseph Cuschieri, received a car allowance, stating that the government agreed to keep the details of the contract confidential.
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http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-07-09/news/lga-heads-car-allowance-a-state-secret-5777686530/
How in the name of all the constellations can the full employment contract of a senior officer of a public authority – paid from public funds – be kept a secret or considered to be confidential?
This is ultimately a matter that must be scrutinised by the Auditor General and should, under normal circumstances, end up in his report, which is also public.
Any government minister who comes up with this sort of utter nonsense should be publicly shamed by the Opposition.
I wonder if he leased his car back to himself. Not an original idea but becoming very popular since it has come under the classification of not in your interest to know.
We are back to the days of “Mhux fl-interess tal-poplu,” which should elicit the rejoinder, “In whose interest is it to keep secret the amount, in cash or kind, that the government decides to give to selected persons when this comes from taxes paid by the “poplu”?
We seem to be stretching the label of democracy very thinly. But come to think of it the Congo, Yemen, Laos, China and a few others, also call themselves democracies. Aren’t we in good company?