Assault on NAO a step too far

Labour MP Michael Falzon's fiery assault on the National Audit Office in Parliament was not the first of its kind since he was unceremoniously removed from parliamentary secretary in the wake of the Gaffarena scandal. This time around, his speech was replete with references to Nazi Germany. Mentioning NAO personnel by name, accusing them of partisanship, of political motivation, of following an agenda that is out to destroy people in very much the same way as Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels used to do, was more than a step too far on the part of Dr Falzon. The Prime Minister needs to put an end to these rantings, something he should have done at the very beginning when Dr Falzon evidently refused to accept the NAO report on the scandal that led to his departure. The former parliamentary secretary may say he is not attacking the NAO institution but it is hardly possible to see it otherwise. This time, Dr Falzon went even further, comparing (unspecified) local English-language newspapers to the Nazi tabloid Der Stürmer, accusing them of being out to destroy people "for no reason" and of hiding behind unnamed sources. His adjournment speech in Parliament was a double...

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