The government has not yet appointed a new Permanent Commission Against Corruption to replace the old one the term of which expired in November, the Nationalist Party said.

It said this was in spite of the Prime Minister’s promise to halt corruption.

The PN noted that the commission was still receiving cases which were not being investigated.

Through Parliamentary questions, the Opposition had already put pressure on the government to appoint the commission but the Prime Minister and the Justice Minister continued to insist on not appointing anyone, the party said.

It said it believed that corruption should be fought and appealed to the government to appoint the commission as soon as possible.

GOVERNMENT'S REPLY

In a reply, the Justice Ministry accused the Opposition of being negative because it knew that the people appreciated the government’s commitment to the fight against corruption.

It said that although the Commission had been active since 1988, there had not been at least one case of anyone being arraigned in court on the basis of its reports.

On the other hand, this government was carrying out important and radical reforms introducing a law to remove prescription from acts of corruption committed by politicians, the Whistleblower Act and the bill on party financing was now being debated in Parliament.

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