Angelo Gafa’ doubles his income as allowances surpass his salary

Police chief Angelo Gafa’s income has more than doubled in two years due to a raft of government allowances added to his salary.

While the Police Commissioner has been attempting to hide his new financial package for months, using legal delaying tactics to provide a copy of his contract to The Shift, new information tabled in parliament following pressure by PN MP David Agius outed his new financial arrangements.

According to the data, Angelo Gafa’, who has been harshly criticised by the Opposition and NGOs, accusing him of being in the government’s pockets, now earns a total of €107,438 a year if all his allowances are approved at the end of every year.

Apart from his basic wage pegged to scale 2 of the civil service grades, which in 2023 stood at €45,936, the government has granted him a raft of allowances to double his annual financial package.

In a clear attempt to avoid disturbing the relativity of other civil service grades, the government gave Gafa’ a staggering €61,502 in allowances instead of increasing his salary.

The allowances compensate for disturbance, transport, responsibility, training, performance, and others that are usualt part of the police commissioner’s job description.

While the Commissioner is legally obliged to act independently from the government in his work, he depends on the government to approve most of his newly acquired allowances.

In an interview with The Shift in July 2022, Gafa’ said that his job income amounted to €50,200 or €3,900 every four weeks. The new data also reveals that Gafa’ doubled his income in just two years.

In the report by The Shift, which questioned how he could afford a newly acquired villa in Marsaxlokk, bought at € 885,000, Gafa’ disclosed that his wife, Police Inspector Sylvana Gafa’, brought home another €2,985 every four weeks or €38,805 a year.

The police commissioner’s wife was also recently promoted.

Just a few months ago, the Commissioner’s wife was promoted to Superintendent, and her income could rise to €71,611 a year if all her allowances are approved.

It was her husband, the police commissioner, who approved her promotion.

The police’s ‘power couple’ can now earn €179,049 a year, or €15,000 a month, from government coffers.

Prime Minister Robert Abela appointed Gafa’ police commissioner in June 2020. His appointment was renewed last summer despite opposition from the PN and NGOs, who made it clear they had no confidence in him.

                           

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john borg
john borg
28 days ago

Bribed with the peoples’ taxes… but he thinks that no one is noticing the crimes he is committing to protect the criminal labour gang… A week is a long time in politics the saying goes… things might turn sour for him in the future.

Mick
Mick
28 days ago

Horrendous is the only word I can think of, that such an incompetent (even by gahan standards) can be bribed with so much, he of course knows where all the real criminals especially the political ones have hidden all the evidence that will see them put away for centuries if it was ever exposed.
Along with Carl Cini they should be offered an amnesty to reveal the truth behind all the heinous crimes we have experienced these last few years so we can up the conviction rate.

Martin Said
Martin Said
28 days ago

No sleeping allowance?

Greed
Greed
28 days ago
Reply to  Martin Said

Or rabbit munching allowance?

Yosser Hughes
Yosser Hughes
27 days ago
Reply to  Martin Said

No bonus for every case solved with the criminals locked up as a result?There’s a surprise.

Jamed
Jamed
27 days ago
Reply to  Yosser Hughes

Clearly the theory of rewarding good behaviour rather than bad behaviour by government officials has never been discussed at cabinet level,

Antonio Ghisleri
Antonio Ghisleri
28 days ago

I just wonder — has the Permanent Secretary at the People and Standards Division of the OPM agreed to all these allowances?

Kevin Farrugia
Kevin Farrugia
28 days ago

Is-salarji tal-Gvern ghadhom baxxi u flok jirrangawhom, joqodu jghollu l-allowances. Boqqq. Dan kollu minhabba li JM ma kienx qabel maz-zidied ministerjali u regga l-arlogg lura.

A. Fan
A. Fan
28 days ago

Best law enforcement money can buy, Maltese style. Meaning, ignore any and all MLP illegalities and you’ll be handsomely rewarded with the money of all those you swore to protect. Corradino will be too lenient for this immoral scumbag.

Challie Turu Spiteri
Challie Turu Spiteri
28 days ago

The task of the Commissioner has tremendously increase in light of the present political, NGOs and judiciary as climate. I also understand that any promotion is time restrictive and the claim of preferential treatment for the long standing police service of Superintendent is baseless. … Equality of Arms.

KLAUS
KLAUS
28 days ago

Maybe Hush money?
Maybe possibly money so that he does nothing or look in the wrong direction?

His record of failure is truly unique.
That doesn’t happen by itself, does it?

Greed
Greed
28 days ago

Getting paid more for doing less in other words a person of trust ( in other words as crooked as the person that labels him with trust in it)?

Albert Mamo
Albert Mamo
27 days ago

WELL HE’S DOING A GOOD JOB FOR ABELA AND HIS MAFIAS COVER UPS. HE SHOULD GET PAID HANDSOMELY FOR ALL THE DIRTY WORK HE DOES
AFTER ALL. ITS ONLY TAXPAYERS MONEY. THATS FREE!!!💯🐖🐖🤑🤑🤑

Joseph
Joseph
27 days ago

What a feast for thr elite, all over the 100 k benchmark when the majority are within the 15- 20k bracket..a true socialist state..there are gods and other animals

Keith
Keith
25 days ago

Even if he was working for free, we wouldn’t get our money’s worth out of this unlubricated puppet.

Mirk.p
Mirk.p
21 days ago

the quieter he stays the better it is for everyone, another normal day in Malta

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