The shadow minister for Home Affairs, Beppe Fenech Adami, this evening lambasted the government in parliament over a new Bill to regulate the police corps, saying it did not seriously address present-day realities and challenges. Earlier, Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela said the Bill would strengthen accountability and provide transparency in decisions. It would also regulate the organisation, discipline and duties of the Police Corps. Dr Fenech Adami said the Bill introduced superficial amendments which would dilute and create more problems within the Police Corp. This "hotchpotch" of amendments could also prejudice certain procedures in the courts. The fact that the Police Commissioner would be appointed for a fixed, renewable period of five years was wrong, he insisted. The commissioner would thus have a sword of Damocles over his head and he would be more prone to follow the government line. The Opposition was of the view that the Police Commissioner should be appointed by a two-thirds majority of Parliament after a grilling. The present situation in the Corps, he said, is absurd. Police even had to resort to the courts to get paid for extra duties. An assistant...
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