The Attorney General will be deciding whether to waive bribery charges against consumers involved in the €30 million electricity theft scam that rocked Enemalta, provided they give evidence against crooked corporation employees.

The AG will be using a provision in the law which gives him the power to issue a certificate exempting “any person... from any criminal proceedings” in return for “all the facts known to him relating to any corrupt practice or any offence connected therewith before the Commission and, or, any court of criminal jurisdiction...”

The development comes after the lead inspector in the case, Daniel Zammit, unwittingly stoked a political hornet’s nest when he said in court that the police had not acted against consumers in the scandal “because of a political decision” and because “an amnesty may be given to those people”.

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