A 76-year-old former Judge and Labour MP is pocketing an extra €13,000 a year on top of three generous pensions he already receives, as chairman of the Embryo Protection Authority.
Former Judge Philip Sciberras, who retired from the Bench in 2010, is being paid €12,783 annually to act as chairman, according to the government Authority’s latest financial estimates.
The remuneration tops three other pensions Sciberras also receives from the State.
Apart from the national insurance pension available to all those who have paid monthly social security contributions during their working life, the former Judge is also being paid two other pensions, exclusively reserved for a small number of people, mainly former members of parliament or retired members of the judiciary.
As a former Judge, Sciberras is receiving an uncapped extra pension of some €23,000 a year, while as a former Labour member of parliament, he is also receiving an additional pension reserved for retired MPs, in his case reaching €7,000 a year.
The highest national insurance pension in Malta is capped at a maximum of €13,159. The overwhelming majority of Maltese pensioners receive less than €900 a month.
Sciberras represented the Labour Party in parliament between 1979 and 1987, including the turbulent legislature in which Labour governed for the full term even though the majority had voted for the PN in the 1981 general elections.
The former Judge is also regularly handpicked by the government to conduct inquiries when needed, further boosting his income from the State.
One inquiry led by Sciberras was on the alleged ‘poor’ quality of concrete used at Mater Dei Hospital, a story aggressively pushed by Labour in Opposition. Sciberras was appointed to lead the inquiry soon after the party was elected in 2013.
Sciberras did not reply to questions sent.
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Greed for substantial earnings has become the norm in this country, even when one is so old. It has become a very bad habit and seeing this from a person who is 76 years, makes me go mad. Kif nghidu, ghandu saqajn u nofs fil hofra u jrid jibqa jerda. Tal biki!
Ihoss l gholi tal hajja dan!
Bil pensjoni qieghed ahjar minn xi whud li lanqas COLA ma jinghataw – Bil komplicita’ tal- Gvern u l -GWU.??
Imma n-nies hekk trid!
The Mafia has to keep those who read out its conclusions of any judgement/report, happy. Otherwise, the cover up of their criminal objectives will not be achieved.
Le in nies trid is serjeta anki fil pensjoniiet u mhux min hu mejjet fis sakra u min hu meet ghal qatra .
Make hay whilst the sun shines. And boy does it shine 365 days a year. (366 if a leap year!!)
Obviously for the chosen few.
Mhux ghall-familja, jew?
Kieku n-nies riedet s-serjeta’ ma kienitx terga’ tivvota labour b’maggoranza akbar.
That’s what GAHAN wants. Kuntent Gahan kuntent kullhadd.
One correction if I may. The current pension is capped at around ?16k, and not ?13k.
Thanks to Gonzi for appointing him Judge.
Another member of the cabal that gluttons itself on the national coffers. If a retired judge has no scruples how can anyone have any confidence in the judiciary
philip will never reply – he had more than an iced bun
And then talk of socialisim.
Meta il-poplu izommu fl-aks , ?100 tixtrieh. B’impjieg mal gvern taqlalu ghajnu u jghidlek grazzi ghax jifranka lenti min nuccali. Biex inxtraw kummissarji imhalfin , ghax ipreferew li jinxtraw milli jolluhom bil karozza bkollox. Hafna jinsew li kin hemm pulizija fil bidu tal PL fil gvern li ghamlulu bomba quddiem id-dar u ma mietx hu u il familja tieghu u tarbija ghax Alla habbhom. U dan ghax kien jaghmel xogholu sew.
MALTA’S PEOPLE REPRESENTATIVES MAKE THE RICH
RICHER AND THE POOR POORER AND THE NAIVE
AND FICKLE ELECTORATE GO OUT TO VOTE FOR
THEM. FAT CHANCE.
Yes ?13,137.80 annually is the maximum social service pension. Bonuses are an extra source of income for all pensions. These are not part of one,s pension.
In-nazzi ghamlu ghexieren ta’ snin jiggvernaw u xorta ma irrangaw xejn ghall-pensjonanti komuni. Ara ghal tal-qalba, iva ghamlu u KIF! Ghax kien hemm romol li, filwaqt li baqghu igawdu widow’s pension tajba ferm, gew impjegati mal-gvern u b’pagi hafna aktar mill-minimum wage.
https://old.theshiftnews.com/2022/07/23/retired-judge-tops-3-pensions-with-an-extra-e13000-as-chairman/
For those with more than one pension. Otherwise 13k.
100% accurate!