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Government hires new consultant on same day it collapses
Government hires new consultant for €6,000 without call for applications on same day that it loses majority in parliament.
16 December 2012, 12:00am
Julia Farrugia
Julia Farrugia
1 min read
Resources and Rural Affairs Minister George Pullicino's ministry hires consultant on same day as government collapses without open call for applications.
On the very same day that the Government collapsed when Nationalist MP Franco Debono voted against the budget, the Ministry of Resources and Rural Affairs hired a new consultant without having first issued a public call.
Weekly newspaper Illum reports that the consultant, Mario Pandolfino, who is retied, will be given a pay packet amounting to €6,000 for 36 weeks of work which he supposedly should deliver.
According to the Ministry, Pandolfino will be assisting in the restoration of the Ministry's Building Regulations office thanks to his experience.
According to the report, the Ministry is defending the move by insisting that Pandolfino's employment "is not a hiring" but a "contract for service", and is insisting that this did not require a call for applications.
The ministry also confirmed that the contract came into force on 10 December, the same day that Government lost its majority in parliament.
Read the full story on the Sunday issue of Illum.
Julia Farrugia is a former editor of Illum newspaper.
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Ir-raguni ghalfejn Joseph Muscat QATT ma jista’ jiggverna Malta
…u jien inkun nista’ mmut ferhan
aqra il-verita hawn:
http://guzeppitalmosta.blogspot.com/2012/12/ir-raguni-ghalfejn-joseph-muscat-qatt.html
Guzeppi tal-Mosta
Kullhadd Jafni
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L-Ombudsman se jikteb lill-President ta’ Malta biex il-Ministru Pullicino jigi nvestigat ghall-agir tieghu, jew jinsisti mal-Prim Ministru li ghandu jirrizenja minnfih? Jew dan il-bravu Ombudsman ghalih jezistu zewg kejlijiet. Il-Pozizzjoni tal-Ombudsman Dr. J.Said Pullicino m’ghadiex wahda tenibbli ghal papprata li ghamel u wiehed jistaqsi x’inhu l-vera mottiv wara mossa bhal din. L-istess gudikatura kkundannat lill-Ombudsman li dak li ghamel huwa kontra l-ligi. Ghalhekk hu wkoll ghandu jirrizenja.
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L-Ombudsman se jikteb lill-President ta’ Malta biex il-Ministru Pullicino jigi nvestigat ghall-agir tieghu, jew jinsisti mal-Prim Ministru li ghandu jirrizenja minnfih? Jew dan il-bravu Ombudsman ghalih jezistu zewg kejlijiet. Il-Pozizzjoni tal-Ombudsman Dr. J.Said Pullicino m’ghadiex wahda tenibbli ghal papprata li ghamel u wiehed jistaqsi x’inhu l-vera mottiv wara mossa bhal din. L-istess gudikatura kkundannat lill-Ombudsman li dak li ghamel huwa kontra l-ligi. Ghalhekk hu wkoll ghandu jirrizenja.
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Heqq issa nispera li, waqt li il-poplu ikun quddiem dik il-karta tal vot, jiftakar dan kollu, u mhux jerga italla lil GONZIPN. U li il-PL joqghod attent ghal fottimenti li ha jaghmel il- PN biex jakkwista il voti.
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consultant ?if i am not mistaken and talking about the same person he was a policeman,retired joined mepa and now consultant?to what?
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CORRUPTION, CORRUPTION AND YET MORE CORRUPTION. THIS HAS BECOME THE NORM IN THIS ADMINISTRATION.
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Is this the reason why Dr Gonzi did not dissolve parliament so that he can continue with his'Carry on GonziPN croony politics'during the festive season?. After 25 years of same people in Government it is only sane to vote these people out: at least for five year! I just can't stand their patronizing arrogance any more!
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AND how much will this new "CONSULTANT" be giving out of these €6,000 as donation at the Dar Centrali today?
Another name and contact for the famous or "infamous", GSLIST, the list of PN Sustainers and benefactors THAT BECOME BENEFACTORS of Government tenders and contracts!
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Again I ask, So what is new? Thank God for good reporters and investigative reporters and on the whole the Media in general. Only God knows what goes on behind our backs and sometimes I wonder about that too. Politicians are slick, and that is why they are called politicians. Thank you Ms Julia Farrugia. Politics and politicians, they go hand in hand.
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Grab the money and run :-)
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This is the rot, right down to the last cent, that has tipped Franco into hyper drive.
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What the hell.s wrong with all these people that run this country? Why do they need these expensive consultants. If we took a job and had to pay a consultant to tell us how to do that job,it means that we are not fit to do the job. The same should go for all the members of parliament.
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Dan veru sur Ombudsman? Dak li qed ighid il-Ministru George Pullicino tahseb loi hu korrett? Ma thossx li ghandek tibda investigazzjoni halli tara jekk l-ghemil amministrattiv tal-Ministru Pullicino hux wiehed korrett? Jekk il-fatt li ghandek id-dritt li taghtik il-ligi stess, biex tibda investigazzjoni mhux bizzejjed, qed nitolbok biex tinvestiga u dan mill-aktar fis.
