20 June 2013 | 02:23
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Labour MP Leo Brincat said on Wednesday that government’s disclosure of the financial package that Richard Cachia Caruana earns serves only to show how it has been giving only partial information about it in parliament. “Government has hidden his income the same way it hid the €500 salary increase a week for the Prime Minister and the Ministers.”
Brincat said: “With a financial package of €150,000 a year set to increase by another €170,000 according to some media reports, it is clear that Cachia Caruana was not paid like a normal civil servant because he is not treated like a normal civil servant. Gonzi also shows that he is not treated like a normal diplomat.”
Brincat said that for the first time government is admitting that he is being paid for more than one appointment, contrary to the impression giving for so many years. Why has it taken so many years to get this information? Why so much deception?”
Brincat said that government bypassed parliament in the information it gave and has still to give a comprehensive reply on what Cachia Caruana’s income has been since 2007, what his terminal benefits are going to be, what arrears he has been paid and what are the other expenses on his transport, travel, housekeeping and hospitality.
After much delay, the Prime Minister has finally given the requested information regarding the salary that was paid to the ousted Maltese Permanent Representative to the EU.
Dr. Gonzi said that the remuneration given to Mr. Cachia Caruana amounted to € 143,140 excluding housing, housekeeping and the services of a driver. The Prime Minister did not mention the cost of the security personnel that Cachia Caruana has had for many years.
The Prime Minister originally objected to the question put forward by Leo Brincat, since he believed that it would be used to damage Cachia Caruana’s reputation even further.
In his reply, Dr. Gonzi highlighted the work carried out by RCC and the fact that he was the Prime Minister’s advisor on EU affairs. He also claimed that the remuneration of his eventual replacement could cost Malta more in the future. He also hinted that, in his opinion, Malta might have to pay even more to replace Cachia Caruana, possibly requiring two different persons.
Comments
Michael Debono
- Thu 05-Jul-2012, 10:43It should be kept in mind that RCC declared to the as hoc committee that he onlyworked3daysinBrussels, espentterestofteweekinMaltaadvisintePrimeMinister.Who knows whether he spends the three days in Malta to advice the P.N. that would mean he is paid for political activities. A scandal.
IL PAKETT TA RCC
- Thu 05-Jul-2012, 08:01Li mhux jintqal fuq il-hlas
enormi lil dan ir-ragel hu jekk johodox netti jew grossi, jigifieri li fil - pakkett hux diGa hemm it-taxxi kif ukoll in-national insurance contributions imnaqsin.
Il-PM ghandu jkun aktar car bl-informazzjoni tieghu
M. Storace
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 21:58€150,000 per annum and our pensions are gauged on €16,000 tops when one has been working for more that 30 years barely making ends meet as half of this amount is spent on medicines!!!!! This is just day light robbery and to pour salt into the wounds us ''cwiec''are paying it.
Platun
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 20:05Min jaf x'jaf RCC biex izommulu halqu maghluq b'dawk l-ammonti ta' flus.Li gonzi jigi jghid li Malta jkollha thallas dopju minnflok RCC qieghed jipprova jpingi lil RCC bhala xi altruista u hax dak li kellu jiehu bhala karita lejn il-poplu malti. Li kellu Dante jikteb id-Divina Commedia illum kien izied livell iehor fl'infern riservat ghal-partit nazzjonalista.
Frank Cutajar
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 19:52Ghalhekk dan il-habi kollu? L-aktar burokratiku li qatt gie imhallas f'\malta; l-ewwel 500 ewro zieda minn that u issa dawn ilflus kollha minn taht ukoll li skond Gonzi hu patrijot;vera negozzjatur tajjeb...imma ghal butu bla misthija!
Cuc malti
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 19:33Onestament nemmen li s-salarju li kellu l-Rcc bhala ambaxxatur u advisor ghall-Pm kien wiehed gust u kif suppost.
Qed nikteb dan mhux ghax naqbel mal-Pm jew il-Pn pero meta niftakar u nixtieq nfakkar li Austin Walker f'2010 kellu salarju ta 93.000euro, ministru jiehu u ha ZIEDA biss ta' 26.000 euro, Ceo mal-Airmalta Peter Davies (mhux cuc malti)500.000 euro, l-ex ceo (mhux cuc malti) Ernst Funk somma gholja b'LM!!! apparti l-konsulenti li sal-lum hadd ma jaf kemm ghandhom u ghadhom jerdaw.
Michael Debono
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 19:30RCC when interviewed by the ad hoc committee said clearly that he spends three days weekly in Brussels and the remainder of the week he is Malta advising the Prime Minister.(perhaps the PN. at their HQ) Hence all the Heavy work he has to do is done in three days and is paid 150 000
for 3 days work.
I wrote this in a blog contribution to the times. I repeated it under other forms but the Editor ofthe Times of Malta censored it. Most probably he declines to inform his readers that RCC works only 3 days in Brussels and the rest of the week is spent in Malta. This throws some light on his(RCC) difficulties and the hard work he is doing at Brussels to cover the E.U. events.Thus he does not appear so smart as Gonzi wants people to believe.
Let's face it
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 19:29I take my at off to RCC . If he managed to negotiate a good package, good for him, but if the package is a case of the govt being too generous with its own then all the condemnation lies with govt. On the other hand, if Rcc abused hs expense account then recriminations can be directed at him too e.g. Coming to Maa weekly fr Cabinet meetings on the Monday. Dd he fly out on a Friday and stay at a five star hotel over the week end. He could very well have done so. If so then that s abuse !
JAHRAQ
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 17:08And God knows what else....we the honest citizens do not know. This is apart of any other directorships that he used to be on !!
BETTER FUTURE
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 16:36Am I correct in stating that they only reported what was paid out of Government coffers as this was the only income they knew about?
PM DIZONEST
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 16:11Minn verament ghandu ghal qalbu l-gid ta pajjizu u l-poplu tieghu jithallas ta tlett
pozizzjonijiet!!! Hekk hu ghal amur propriju 'jahdem' l-RCC. Dan kemm il siegha jahdem kuljum ....80 siegha. Bil paroli u biex xoghol ta haddiehor kollox taghhmel. U meta mbaghad isiru l-izbalji jehilhom ta taht. Ta fuq qatt ma ghandu tort tieghi, tajjeb biss biex ihaxxen butu.
GVERN GDID GHANDU JINVESTIGA PERSONALMENT L-AGIR TA DAN IL PRIMINISTRU DISHONEST U KORROTT KIF UKOLL IZOMMUH RESPONSABLI TAD-DBERBIEQ TA MILJUNI TA EURO TAT TAXXI TAL POPLU. B'HEKK BISS NISTGHU NISSALVAGWARDJAW L-GHEMIL ONEST TA GVERNIJIET SUSSEGWENTI.
M. Zammit
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 16:05Imbagħad għax membru tal-familja tiegħi, qala' fwiedu biex f'sena ... iva f'sena daħħal 12,000 ewro, għollewlu l-kera tad-dar!
Qażżistu lil kulħadd bil-ħniżrijiet tagħkom!
louis Gatt
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 15:55Tinsewx li dal proxxmu dahhal LM25.000 maltin SEMPLICEMENT(sa fejn nafu ahna)ghax qala daqqa ta sikkina
Tarcisio Mifsud
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 15:50Mela l-PM qal li issa flok RCC sejjer jimpjega zewg ufficcjali li jiswew paga akbar bejniethom.
Ma wzawx l-istess argument mieghi. Meta kont l-Enemalta bhala Financial Controller, barra x-xoghol normalli tal-Accounts tal-Korporazzjoni, flimkien ma 3 ufficcjali ohra, kont niehu hsieb ix-xiri taz-zejt u c-chartering tat-tankers. Meta spiccajt mill-Enemalta fl-2004, min 4 ufficcjali telghu ghal 12 fil-finanzi, id-dipartiment tal-finanzi gie izaghr ghax holqu dipartiment tal-kummerc, holqu ARMS, naqset il-gas division, u x-xoghol li jaghmlu huwa anqas hafna minn dak li kont naghmel jiena wahdi. U ta' dan dejjem paga wahda kelli, u dik kienet relatata mal-pagi tal-gvern. Tajba w'taghli l-borma, basta jkollna ghajnejk blu.
Il-Laprajk
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 14:43Ha nghidilkhom storja vera. Darba RCC baghat ittra lura ghax fuq l-envelope ma kienx indirizzat kif suppost: kien hemm il-kliem 'Ambaxxatur Plenipotenzjarju' nieqsa. 'Plenipotenzjarju' tfisser jaghmel li jrid. Tara l-arroganza u s-sakra ta' poter li kellu. Tghidx x'hasla qala l-povru skrivan!
M Pace
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 13:55Mr. Brincat kemm inhossni ixxurtjata li int tohrog fuq il-Gzira. Int wiehed milli taghmel tmirek u turi lil poplu x'qed issir min wara daru min GonziPN
Robert Agius
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 13:53Fi ftit kliem jein dejjem ghet li gonzi se ikun l-ghar prim ministru li kella Malta.
BNIEDEM DISONEST
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 13:07Gonzi issa ghandu jitkecca (impeached) mill Parlament wara
ghal dawn is-snien kollha inqabghad jimmizlidja l-Parlament bil mod fahxi li gided f'kull qasam u kollox.
Hija verament li f'hekk suppost demokrazija parlamentari wara din il-hnizrija ta tmexxija dishonesta u korrotta, il Prime Ministru ghand ghandu l-prerogattivi li hu biss jiddeciedi meta jxolji l-parlament u ssir l-elezzjoni.
Tant Gonzi jipprova jqarraq b'konvizjoni, li sar wiehed mill-ghar prim ministri fl-istorja politika ta Malta wara Eddie Fenech Adami
pisces
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 12:40Prosit Hon Brincat! Il-Partit ghandu jkun kburi b'nies bhalek u bhal Hon. Evarist Bartolo. Prosit tax-xoghol bla waqfien taghkom, biex tikxfu l-hmieg ta dan il-gvern korrott! Il-poplu Malti ghandu jkun kburi bikom u juza mohhu halli fi ftit zmien iehor narawkhom Ministri.Prosit Leo, prosit Varist!
Mikiel Vassalli
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 12:07Imnalla GonziPN m'ghandux hafna 'patrijotti' bhal RCC ghax kieku infallu qabel ghada: b.dik il-hnizrija ta paga!
Tivvomta l-hdura
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 11:48Malli jitla' l-PL nistennew li titnehha l-ghassa mhallsa minna lil wahda mill-forcini ta' RCC, lis-sahhara tal-Bidnija li hlief tivvomta l-hdura taghha kontra l-Laburisti u l-Partit Laburista ma taghmilx.
La hija tivvomta l-hdura kontra taghna thallas hija ghas-sigurta' taghha mhux inhallsu ghaliha ahna.
Qed tivvomta l-hdura issa li jinsabu fil-Gvern, ahseb u ara malli jintbaghtu fl-Opposizzjoni kemm se tivvomta iktar hdura!!!!
The Holy Trinity
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 11:45Wrong Randon.
He is the Holy Trinity.
1. Malta's Rep at the EU.
2. PM Adviser.
3. PN Strategist.
HALLELIN
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 10:39Hekk sew b'nofs miljun euro
fil butt u mhu accountable
ghal xejn.
Jahdem minn wara l-kwiet u
mbaghad jiddecidi hu u Gonzi
dwar kif tghix hajtek.
Din hija d-demokrazija li kull
5 snin immorru nivvotaw ghaliha.
Dan biss dittatorjat modern.
Mahruqa Mwegga
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 09:56Mela kemm ghandu jithallas ir ragel tieghi ghamel ix-xoghol ta tlieta thal sentejn (wiehed irrezenja u l-iehor indispost) b risponsabilta ta kullegg u l-anqas i- performance bonus ma ha. Jigi miflug id dar u mghobbi b'dik irresponsabilita kolla. Ghal ragel tieghi maghdomx ragel li jrid imantni familja imma ghal ta gewwa halli jberbqu flus il-poplu.
Viva Malta
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 09:54ghalekk lina jghollulna hajja ghax huma ma ghandhom kollox b xejn minn fuq darna u ghadhom ma xebghux ipappuha.Minbarra dik il paga kolla kellu l housekeeping u x xufier mieghu u lilna jzidulna lpagi bic centezmi .Hekk sew!
Philip Muscat
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 09:43Min jghix fis-sakra-tal-klikka u min mejjet ghal qatra! Kollha kontra is-socjalizmu, imma hej kemm ihobbu jerdghu minghand il-popolin!
HAWKEYE
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 08:26HOLY SHIT BATMAN! THERE'S ONE FAT CAT FOR YOU(HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MAN'S WIEGHT,JUST THE AMOUNT OF MONEY HE'S BEING PAID )
Randon
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 08:12The Christian god is revealed as three persons in One. The new revelation is that the Maltese god is two persons in one...
TRADITURI BIL PROVI
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 07:45Dawn huma l-principji li
jhaddan il-PN.
GONZIPN hija biss organizzjoni
mafjusa b'tentakoli minn tal-
Pieta' sa Kastilja l-Belt.
Min jivvota PN fl-elezzjoni
li gejja huwa traditur tal-
poplu Malta kollu.
alla falz tal pn
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 07:27Prosit Leo!!
Skont Gonzi Euro 143140 huma
l-prezz tal indispensabilita
ta RCC. Ghidlu ma jdahhaqniex.
Jien ninsab cert li hemm hafna
aktar nies intelligenti fil-
PL biex jghatu pariri siwja ghal gid tal poplu fuq EU.
RCC l-anqas biss joqghod fejn
il-Prof Edward Scicluna biex
nghati ezempju.
RCC ghandu wkoll l-arroganza
politika u biex wasal fejn
wasal bena biss swar madwaru
biex jiddefendi l-interess personali tieghi. JPO tkellem
fuq hekk.
Dan hu biss serq ta flus mill
kaxxa ta Malta. Dik hi kollha
l-istorja ta l-gholi tad-dawn u l-ilma biex jitpaxxew nies
bhal RRC ... tawh Euro 500,000
bejn it-2009 sal-lum.
l fenech
- Wed 04-Jul-2012, 04:00Prosit Leo. Dan serq sfaccat mil kaxxa ta'Malta u dan li jidher ghax spejjes ohrajn Gonzi hallihom mistur. Flok haddem tnejn min nies hallas doppju lil wiehed.
Platun
- Tue 03-Jul-2012, 23:52X'kien jghamel RCC , l-angli jizfnu gewwa Brussels? Ara vera wicchom u l-warrani xorta, mhux ta' b'xejn beda jipprova jahbi dak li RCC jiehu. Ma ninsewx li dan RCC kien is-sensar ta' Dar Malta f'Bruksel tghid ma hax xi haga tas-senserija ukoll. Mhux ta' b'xejn jitkabru biex izommu posthom sa l-ahhar minuta. Gurnata paga ghalihom hi hmistax paga ta' haddiem kommuni, li wisq probabli jghati aktar li pajjizu minn dawn is-sangisugi. Isthu jekk tafu ja halelin tal-poplu.
Lilian
- Tue 03-Jul-2012, 23:10Kif tridu ihoss ghalina li ikollna nadu bil pensjoni misera ta' 125 f'xaghar. Mhux ta b'xejn iridu joqoghdu hemm . imsieken ahna. Kif iridu nghixu b'naqra loqom li jaqa' min fuq il mejda taghhom.
Thorny
- Tue 03-Jul-2012, 22:11Daqt jithajjar Gonzi stess immur floku b'salarju bhal dak....
Peter Muscat
- Tue 03-Jul-2012, 21:56X.gharucasa ! Mhux ta b'xejn biex din il-paztazata ma tohrogx fil-publiku! Ghalhekk beda ifahhar lil RCC Gonzi biex jippreparana ghax-xokk u disgrace ta paga? Hudu pjacir Nazzjonalisti: ghal dawn in-nies tivvutaw1 Ghalhekk iridu ikomplu ippapu. Dan jirbah is-super 5 kull sena! Xi Sknadlu!