PN ethics committee remains in limbo

The Nationalist Party’s consultative committee on ethics and proper conduct was not reconstituted after Adrian Delia was elected leader, the Times of Malta has learnt. This newspaper asked the PN for the names of the five members sitting on the committee, as stipulated by the party statute, and whether the allegations against Dr Delia were referred to it, but the questions remained unanswered. Senior PN sources said the members of the former ethics committee relinquished their post when the new leader was elected but they were not substituted. According to the PN statute, the ethics committee, which would operate as an internal disciplinary mechanism, is nominated by the administrative council every year on the recommendation of the party leader. The committee should consist of a chairman and four other members, including the administrative council president, an office currently occupied by MP David Stellini. The last time the committee was functioning, it had investigated money laundering and other allegations against Dr Delia prior to the PN leadership race. At the time it was chaired by former PN secretary general Louis Galea and included former ambassador Joe Cassar, since...