Former television presenter Lou Bondi is receiving €4,500 a month for his government consultancy job, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt.
The contract, signed between Mr Bondi and principal permanent secretary Mario Cutajar, engages the former Nationalist Party employee on a 40-hour week basis as strategic communications consultant with the Foundation for National Festivities.
The foundation, created under the auspices of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, is tasked with organising various national celebrations.
Included in the package is a retainer of €8,240 per annum over and above his salary to cover all his operational expenditure.
The former presenter of discussion programme Bondiplus is thus receiving an annual remuneration of €54,000 and has been engaged on a ‘position of trust’ basis.
The details emerged after this newspaper managed to obtain a copy of the contract after successfully filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act.
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