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Opposition to support Whistleblowers' Act tabled by government
PN’s parliamentary group agrees to support Whistleblowers’ Act as presented by the Labour government.
5 July 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
The parliamentary group of the Nationalist Party has agreed to support the Whistleblowers' Act as presented by the Labour government, noting that it was "almost identical" to that presented by the Nationalist government in the last legislature.
The Whistleblowers' Act had been in the pipeline for years, where at one point the previous administration had also discussed the possibility of it being enacted by end of 2010.
"The PN is in favour of any initiative that strengthens the institutions in the fight against corruption and therefore the PN will be supporting the Whistleblowers' Act," the PN said in a statement.
The party said the law followed a series of laws introduced by the Nationalist government to improve good governance and combat corruption. These include the Ombudsman, the Office of the Auditor General, the Permanent Commission against Corruption, the setting up of the Public Accounts Committee, the Tribunal for the Administrative Revision, Freedom of Information Act and the Money Laundering Act.
"We will continue to give our full support to all initiatives that strengthen Malta's fight against corruption. In parliament, we will give our contribution and also put forward proposals to have an effective law," the PN said.
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This was not the type of a Whistleblowers'act the PN had in mind before the election.But this time they have no choice,either as proposed by the PL or vote against
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THE PN DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THE WHISTLEBLOWER ACT FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS. NOW THEY KNOW THAT IT IS AN ABSOLUTE CERTAINTLY THAT IT WILL BE IN THE LAW BOOKS BY END SUMMER AND THEY WANT TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON TO SAY THEY TOO APPROVE. WHAT HYPOCRITES - HOW CAN THEY FACE THE PUBLIC WITH SUCH VOLTE FACIA. BUT THEIR FACES AS WELL AS THEIR HEARTS HAVE HARDENED WITH YEARS OF INJUSTICES, ARROGANCE AND DISCRIMINATION CULMINATING IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DEFEAT.
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Had no other choice did they? PL leads PN follows.
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Had no other choice did they? PL leads PN follows.
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Han dahhakkom ftit fuq l-Ombudsman:dan irid ikun approvat miz-zewg partiti; dan ma jistax ikun prim Imhallef li ghad ma ghandux tlitt snin fuq penzjoni biex ma jkunx jista' jiehu vantagg minn xi sentenza li jkun se jghati. Jien ktibtlu biex jinvestiga l-ghajbien ta' l-Inkjesta Muscat Azzoppardi, dik li investigat il-frame-up ta' missieri, Karm Grima imma qalli li hu jara biss minn 1995 il-hawn. Irrispondejtu li dan is-serq sar f'Nov. 1996. ara mist. parl. 14066-sed225-ta' A.Gatt. u akkuzajtu li hu qatt ma seta sar Ombudsman ghax dritt wara li irtira ghamluh Chairman tal-PBS. fuq ksur tal-konstituzzjoni li hu, propju hu bhala Prim Imhallef kellu dmir li jharisha.Xorta qalli li ma jridx li jinvestiga l-Kas tieghi.Dr. Said Pulicino, ghalija ma hux bniedem serju.
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This is one bit of news to BOWL ANYONE OVER!
Is this truly the P.N. or 1st April came late this year ?
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... veru tidhak tisma' lil partit nazzjonalista jiftahar bl-ufficcju tal-ombudsman bhala xi tarka favur ic-cittadin ..... lanqas biss jafu x'qed jghidu daqs kemm huma ridikoli .... l-ufficcju tal-ombudsman illum sar bejta ta' ghazz, ta' telqa, ta' nuqqas ta' interess fil-problemi tac-cittadini mal-amministrazjoni pubblika, ta' hafna pozi u arja u ebda sustanza .... hekk gabu said pullicino lil dan l-ufficcju ..... u kieku xi hadd jipprova jharrek subghajh biex jerfa' lil din l-istituzzjoni minn din is-sitwazzjoni tassew patetika .... illum trid tkun ma tafx x'qed taghmel biex tmur ghand l-ombudsman ...
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26 years in government and the PN did nothing. Now they are saying that it is in favour of any initiative that strengthens the institutions in the fight against corruption. Who would believe his ears??!!
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If you can't beat them, there is nothing else to do but join them
