Opposition Leader Alfred Sant yesterday said that more cases will be revealed in the near future similar to the one where he claimed that Parliamentary Secretary Tonio Fenech broke the law through “donating money from the National Good Causes Fund to a private company”.

“(Mr Fenech) has a duty to respect the rules on how the country’s money is spent but he didn’t do this – he broke the law,” said Dr Sant during a meeting in Freedom Square, Valletta.

The Opposition Leader said that Mr Fenech used the National Good Causes Fund to gain political advantage through donating a sum of money to a private company “whose sole aim is to make profit”.

These funds should be given to charity and not to a private company – Mr Fenech broke the law, repeated Dr Sant.

He went on to say that when Mr Fenech was asked if there were any similar cases, the parliamentary secretary said that he did not remember.

“However, we know and these cases will be made public in the coming days,” said Dr Sant.

He pointed out that Mr Fenech also had the support of the Prime Minister, “who said that there is nothing wrong and approved it – this is unacceptable.”

The Opposition Leader then referred to Roads and Urban Infrastructure Minister Jesmond Mugliett who yesterday filed a libel suit against him.

“I almost forgot he was still a Minister as he has not been seen in public for a long time. In fact a recent coverage he had was cancelled – the government is ashamed of him,” he said.

Dr Sant again challenged Mr Mugliett to file another libel suit against him.

“Everyone has to be responsible for their actions – this is a chronic problem of the Nationalists, they hide the problem and pretend that it doesn’t exist,” he said.

Dr Sant repeated that, under a Labour government, each person will be held accountable for his or her actions.

He said that the Nationalist government is showing clear anti-EU tendencies as it has developed a very strong personality cult.

Comparing Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi to a high priest, he said that, at the moment, the government does not question what Dr Gonzi states but simply follows his orders.

“The Nationalist Party no longer has its roots among the people – something that it is very worrying for the future of Maltese politics,” he added.

Dr Sant then mentioned MLP’s proposal to remove income tax on overtime.

In a social pact, the government had proposed that the first four hours of overtime will be remunerated at the normal rates of pay for the maximum of 100 hours of overtime of pay in a year, he pointed out.

“This is not a serious accountable government – they put this in the social pact which was going to be signed by all the constituted bodies, except for one: the General Workers Union,” he said.

The Opposition Leader also spoke about the government’s criticism about the MLP’s proposal to reduce the surcharge by half.

“However, their proposal – which is a desperate hunt for votes – to widen the tax-bands will cost an extra Lm5 million than our proposal to remove the surcharge,” said Dr Sant.

Later last night, in a secret vote, MLP delegates approved the candidature of 70 Labour candidates for the next general election.