Prime Minister Robert Abela should ensure that Ministers who are forced to resign in disgrace are not given any terminal benefits that are reserved for ministers who have terminated their post honourably, independent candidate Arnold Cassola said Tuesday.

Cassola was referring to resignation of Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo after allegations his wife received 50,000 kickback for an MTA deal. Bartolo was also found to have breached ethics when his wife, Amanda Muscat, was given a consultancy job for which she was not qualified.

We already have the absurd situation of Joseph Muscat, a crooked ex-Prime Minister who received a 120,000 euro terminal benefit and is still being financed by the tax payer to this day, Cassola said.

Other disgraced ministers and parliamentary secretaries have benefited from such treatment, Cassola said.

Whilst thanking the Standards Commissioner for his work in this area, one should stress that ethical standards in politics demand that politicians who have betrayed the trust of their voters are not compensated for their betrayal, he added.

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