A recent attempt to portray the annual Christmas party organised by the Central Bank’s social club as a political party activity complete with political chants was “a despicable attempt”, the bank said on Friday, saying that it was not run on politically partisan lines.

A video clip purporting to show Central Bank employees dancing and singing political chants turned out to have been fabricated, merging scenes from a 2013 YouTube video of a Spanish disco in Barcelona with sound from the counting hall during the last general election.

This was later admitted by the person commenting about the clip aired on the NET TV programme Sorsi Infurmati, the Central Bank pointed out.

“The Central Bank of Malta strongly rejects and condemns any attempt, from within and outside the bank, to cause political division and discord among the bank’s staff,” it said, adding that there was no proof about misconduct which would have merited action.

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