I bet several thousand Maltese pensioners haven’t got much to celebrate about Malta’s independence – this ushered in one of the biggest scandals of Maltese post-colonial administration.

I’m referring to the institutionalised defrauding of part of the so-called two-thirds (first pillar) pension of many retirees – the pension they had contributed to.

Workers will now be urged to contribute to private pensions – what a tragic comedy of banana republic proportions.

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