The Prime Minister’s special envoy Joe Grima’s social media rants against the President and migrants are in breach of his €35,000 contract seen by The Sunday Times of Malta.

His contract stipulates “the special envoy may not, at any time, express views which run counter to government policy. Serious breaches of this nature may result in immediate termination of [the] employment agreement”.

A further clause states the special envoy may not issue a declaration to the media and/or the press without prior authorisation from the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Joseph Muscat recently refused to condemn comments made on Facebook by his special envoy to the UN World Tourism Organisation who attacked President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca for urging migrant integration.

Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta.

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