PN spokesperson for Justice Karol Aquilina and PN spokesperson for Human Rights and Good Governance Therese Comodini Cachia have condemned the delay in affronting Minister Justyne Caruana’s case of breach of ethics for giving preferential treatment to a close friend with the use of public funds.

The PN has therefore written to the Speaker of Parliament so that a meeting with the Standards in Public Life Committee is held this week, insisting that this situation should not be delayed till next year.

The fight against the culture of impunity that has gripped our country must continue under any circumstance and it cannot stop for the holidays, it said.

The PN said that every individual in Parliament has a duty to ensure good and appropriate behaviour. Additionally, the Constitution obliges the government to answer the Parliament, and obliges the Parliament to serve as a watchman over the government.

The party said that it believes that the Speaker will take necessary actions to ensure that the Standards in Public Life Committee holds an urgent meeting. The gravity of the situation obliges immediate action, it said.