Details given in a parliamentary question showed how Nationalist MP Karol Aquilina failed the good governance test, the Labour Party said on Tuesday.
It said that on the day the Gonzi government collapsed - December 10, 2012, Dr Aquilina worked on a contract to get compensation should there be a change of government or of prime minister.
This story is complete rubbish. Proud to have served my country during Eddie Fenech Adami's and @Lawrence_Gonzi's premierships. https://t.co/eApzdZofP6
— Karol Aquilina (@KarolAquilina) February 20, 2018
In previous years, he had already received compensation of €10,402 for having worked for only four months in the Office of the Prime Minister. The compensation was higher than his salary.
Dr Aquilina was also paid thousands in consultancy fees, the PL said.
Such goings on showed that through his actions, Dr Aquilina did not know what good governance was all about, it added.
In a reaction, Dr Aquilina said the Labour Party was trying to deceive people to hide its failures.
He said he was proud to have served under prime ministers Fenech Adami and Gonzi. His services were always as a lawyer and the payment of a terminal benefit was according to what Prime Minister Alfred Sant had established between 1996 and 1998.
Dr Aquilina said the attack against him was evidently a reaction to his parliamentary question about former MP Joe Debono Grech, in which the prime minister held back from saying what his current role was and how much he was paid as a 'special delegate'.
Dr Aquilina said he would continue to put questions and speak out about government abuse.