Malta: Parliament’s ethics committee has no jurisdiction over private citizen Joseph Muscat, Speaker rules

Parliament’s ethics committee has no remit to continue probing former prime minister Joseph Muscat since he is now a private citizen, Speaker Anġlu Farrugia ruled.

Muscat resigned from parliament last October and the law setting up the Standards Commissioner makes no reference to former MPs, he noted.

Source: MaltaToday

Updated: 1744

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