A post shared on Facebook by Finance Minister Edward Scicluna continues to stir controversy over the €5 million pledged by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat to Joseph Muscat.

On Friday, Muscat said the money would be derived from the Individual Investor Programme, a move that was welcomed by Labour supporters but was deemed as a provocation from the Nationalist end, given that the IIP had led to so much political turmoil.

But a post shared on Facebook by Scicluna stirred the waters even more, as Scicluna said that the money was not coming from the IIP, but from the budget.

The post was quickly removed.

But the question remains – where is the money coming from?

Having said this, Puttinu Cares deserves all the support it can get in its efforts to help Maltese families. But, no doubt, the controversy – including accusations that the PM is trying to gain some mileage to shift public talk away from the Pilatus Bank chairman’s arrest in the US – will continue.