Ministers’ behaviour

I agree with what was said in Friday’s editorial that “unethical behaviour cannot be tolerated”. It criticised Foreign Minister George Vella and Parliamentary Secretary Franco Mercieca for breaching the code of ethics by continuing to practise their...

I agree with what was said in Friday’s editorial that “unethical behaviour cannot be tolerated”. It criticised Foreign Minister George Vella and Parliamentary Secretary Franco Mercieca for breaching the code of ethics by continuing to practise their profession privately.

The editorial also disagrees with Joseph Muscat when he says that the code is not being breached, adding “that the situation cannot be tolerated any longer”.

Like Times of Malta, I do believe that ministers and parliamentary secretaries should abide by the code of ethics and not practise their profession whether against payment or for free. What annoys me, however, is that Nationalist ministers and parliamentary secretaries had been practising privately for ages, and against payment too, and yet no one uttered a word of protest against their unethical behaviour.

Why now?

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