In a statement on Monday, the Nationalist Party highlighted a media report that “Minister Anton Refalo appears to have found a position for his daughter on the Board of Malta MedAir” – It added that this is a Government company that charters flights from KM Malta Airlines, or rather what was once Air Malta.

The PN noted that according to a report by The Shift News, “Refalo’s daughter, who is a student with no experience whatsoever in business management – let alone in running a commercial airline – was placed on this Board a few months ago on the direct orders of Minister for Finance Clyde Caruana. She was appointed to the Board despite the fact that there had been no resignations or new vacancies on the same Board.”

The PN statement went on to say that “this news brings to mind the many occasions on which Ministers or individuals close to the Government handed out jobs, consultancies or more to their relatives or friends. The case of the phantom job in Gozo given to Clayton Bartolo’s wife by his fellow Minister Clint Camilleri is still fresh in everyone’s mind. The wife of the brother of Minister Jo Etienne Abela quickly found herself a position as the Minister’s secretary, despite this going against the code of ethics for Ministers.”

“The long list of relatives of individuals close to the Government who were given jobs with Heritage Malta is yet another example of preferential treatment,” the Party said.

The PN stressed that, “all of this confirms the parallel reality in which Ministers live.”

The Nationalist Party stated that it “expects a clear explanation from Minister for Finance Clyde Caruana that justifies the appointment of Simona Refalo, who is also the Labour Mayor of Xewkija, to this Board.”

It concluded by saying that “the meritocracy that Labour has spoken so loudly about must not only be done, but must also be seen to be done.”

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