Weeks after Joseph Muscat made false allegations in relation to the rental of PN offices, the European Parliament today confirmed that MEPs are in fact allowed to rent office space from national political parties, putting to bed another desperate lie spun by Joseph Muscat as he kicked off the campaign in Malta, the Nationalist Party said in a statement.

Joseph Muscat knew the truth and deliberately lied. Again, in a conceited effort to mislead the voting public, the PN said. 

Speaking to the international press, European Parliament spokeswoman Marjory van den Broeke said “An MEP may indeed rent an office from a national political party, provided certain conditions are respected and the rent is at market price, in order to prevent an indirect financing of the national party. Renting an office is one of the expenditures covered by the General Expenditure Allowance.”

All PN MEPs rent local constituency offices from Media.Link at market prices, respecting all conditions set out by the Parliament and have always made public their audited accounts, line-by-line every year for everyone to see. Every cent is accounted for, publically accessible and has always been certified as being used in compliance with European Parliament rules.

PN Head of Delegation David Casa said: “This was an issue that, despite the sad lies of Joseph Muscat, was never in any doubt and just goes to show how far Joseph Muscat is willing to go to mislead voters. I am pleased that the truth has come out before the election allowing voters to weigh the facts before choosing who will lead our nation in the next legislature. Despite the clear, black on white evidence, I would not hold my breath on Joseph Muscat admitting his lies and issuing an apology.”

Joseph Muscat has failed to give any account of why, in his time as MEP, with a 20,000Euro a month allowance, he only employed one person, the PN said.