Speakers for ADPD – The Green Party have insisted that the decision made this week by the Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia who used his casting vote, and the government deputies on the Parliamentary Committee regarding Minister Clint Camilleri, who has a direct link to the recent scandal, does not reflect the gravity of the situation, adding that Camilleri “must take responsibility for his actions and resign immediately.”

ADPD pointed out that it was “Minister Camilleri who accepted Amanda Muscat as an employee in his Ministry whilst she continued to work as a personal assistant of the ex-Minister for Tourism, and getting paid for consultancy work that she neither conducted nor was qualified to do. This clearly shows that Minister Clint Camilleri is complicit.”

ADPD PRO Brian Decelis said that “if Minister Camilleri does not resign of his own free will, it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister to have him removed from his position. If this does not happen, it becomes clear what is more important to the Prime Minister when having to choose between rectitude and ethical politics, and loyalty to the people around him.”

Decelis insisted that Minister Camilleri “must also take responsibility for his actions and resign immediately.” Decelis also asked for the Prime Minister “to stop defending his Ministers, whether they are being investigated for criminal accusations or breach of ethical behaviour.”

ADPD – The Green Party Secretary General, Ralph Cassar, asked the Police Commissioner “to do the job he was appointed for and initiate criminal proceedings against Amanda Muscat, Clayton Bartolo, and Clint Camilleri. They should be charged for criminal association as well as for other crimes, such as fraud. Is there the need for a complaint to be raised by the NGO Repubblika for the Commissioner to do his job.”

They also stated that the decision taken by the Parliamentary Committee about ex-Minister Clayton Bartolo and Mrs Amanda Muscat is nothing short of “scandalous. This is especially evident in the vote of the Speaker, whose casting vote has practically granted guilty parties an easy pass.”

“Partisan games need to be stopped,” said Cassar, whilst reflecting on how over the past week the two major parties pointed fingers at each other on the abuse of power conducted by representatives from both sides of the House.

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