MPA writes to PM requesting union rights

The Malta Police Association has written to Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi asking in what stage was the process which should see it transformed into a union.

Pointing out that police officers were still being denied the right to join a union, the association said that according to a reply to a parliamentary question given in January, the process for the association to become a union should have been concluded in the first three months of the year.

It said that to-date, it had still not been consulted on the law which would regulate this historical, required and much-awaited development.

Earlier today, the Union Haddiema Maghqudin held a news conference on the same topic, pointing out that it had not yet received a reply to a letter it had sent 13 months ago.