The family of former Labour MEP Marlene Mizzi is at the top of the list of embattled Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri’s priorities on public appointments.
In what must be a first in Malta’s political history, all the members of the Rabat-based Mizzi family have been appointed to Chair different Boards falling under the responsibility of the home affairs ministry.
The information was published in parliament following questions by PN MP Darren Carabott.
Marlene Mizzi, 69, a Labour MEP until the last elections, is the Chairperson of Identity Malta (renamed Identita’), responsible for issuing e-ID cards, e-Passports, visas, residence documents, acts of civil status and public deeds.
This is not the only government job for the former MEP. She is also a member of the board of KM Malta Airlines, replacing the now-defunct Air Malta, and serves as Malta’s non-resident ambassador to Sweden and Norway.
A few months ago, Mizzi was the Chair of another government entity, Malita Plc. She was ousted from the post after disagreement with her then-Minister Roderick Galdes. Soon after, she was appointed Chair of Identita’.
Marlene Mizzi’s husband, Antonio, a retired judge in his 70s who already receives two government pensions, including a privileged one reserved exclusively for judiciary members, is also being kept busy. Byron Camilleri appointed him Chair of the prison’s parole board.
The former judge, found to have breached the judiciary’s code of ethics, also chairs the Authority for Integrity in Maltese Sports (AIMS), the Embryo Protection Authority, and the Law Commission.
He receives four government cheques every month to top up his two pensions. He also enjoys several perks, including a full-time chauffeur-driven car.
Their only daughter, Alexandra, joined the gravy train as Minister Byron Camilleri appointed her Chair of the Citizenship by Merit board.
The young Mizzi, who manages her family’s business, Amca Ltd, full-time, is also a government representative on the SportMalta board and, until last year, on the Malta Communications Authority.
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Malta must lack a lot of educated and capable persons.
Why TWO pensions? Did he contribute twice every time?
How did the Mizzi family get hold of their property in Florida ? ( allegedly)
Seeing that they are doing so well, maybe family Mizzi could practice some philanthropy and pay for Joseph?s Netflix!
He?s a Super eroj as they say nowadays!
It does. They left.
One cannot but exclaim “Imbierka l-Providenza”!
You forgot to mention one very significant fact. Antonio Mizzi’s appointment as magistrate was one of the first appointments that Guido Demarco made after becoming justice minister in 1987. This says a lot about Demarco’s loyalties!
3 little pigs.You forgot to mention he is the Law Commissioner. You also forgot to ask how come he is so clinged to the chairmanship of the sport regulator!
Il ostra xi hniezer dawk. Ghalihom tela l l abour ,issa jivvutawlu huma .
Huma jit hanzru u il poplu jihu iz zokk cap cap GAHAN
Wooooooow! What intellect, what incredible and outstanding qualities – their DNA must be unique, to score so highly so as to enable them to ride so comfortably on the government gravy train – let us hope that there is a God, because these people and their dastardly masters must suffer for their deeds!
Especially the daughter . I can t forget those comments she made during the civilians rights to protest in 2019 – because she said that protests will effect their toys business!
These 3 are so greedy. When he was judge he used to be a delivery man for the shops these 3 own. So greedy. Never enough. They want more and more.
Spot on
Alla ibierek dawn il hnizer ma jixbaw qatt? hallu farka ghall uliedna!!!! tghid immorru issarfu il flixken dawn? jew jaghtu xi haga lil min qed fit toroq jittallab? xi dwejjaq ma niflahx nara iktar ingustizzji jaqq
These stories fill me with anger.
No, we have not all left. BUT we keep repeatedly being left out of paid work opportunities that we are fully qualified for.
There are Maltese people currently enjoying several more pensions. The list is quite extensive: contributary pensions PLUS others such as for having been gov/civil employees prior to 1979, for having been MPs and/or MEPS, for having been UoM employees, for having been employees or directors of certain banks, for having been president etc., for having been employees of the British forces in Malta (although the latter were the most short-changed ever since Mintoff messed up the pension reform at their expense in 1979, because no PN, MLP or PL admin ever rectified this gross injustice). The late Judge Dr Philip Sciberras was not the only super-privileged person.receiving three pensions
And you forgot to mention that Guido Demarco regularly had private meetings with Dom Mintoff, could cunningly twist him around his little finger, and that Demarco was probably the one who convinced Mintoff to send away from Malta, Mabel’s great nephew Robert Hornyold-Strickland.