€100,000 income for former Labour minister through appointments

Former Labour minister and current MP Manuel Mallia is in a much better financial position than when he served in Joseph Muscat’s Cabinet, The Sunday Time of Malta can reveal. Various political appointments since the last election are boosting his income by €100,000 a year. Following revelations by the Times of Malta last week that after he failed to make it to Cabinet Prime Minister Joseph Muscat gave Dr Mallia a part-time contract to provide legal services at the OPM for €56,000 a year, The Sunday Times of Malta has now discovered that Dr Mallia is also receiving nearly another €23,000 for acting as a non-executive chairman of a State entity. Asked to give details on the remuneration package of Dr Mallia as chairman of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority (OHSA), a spokeswoman for the government told The Sunday Times of Malta that in his role, Dr Mallia is receiving an annual honorarium of €18,000 a year and an annual car allowance of €4,659 a year. Added to the €21,000 honorarium which Dr Mallia receives as an MP as well as what he earns as a part-time legal consultant, being Dr Muscat’s person of trust, Dr Mallia’s income adds up to nearly €100,000. Apart from his...