Public Integrity in Malta
Improving the Integrity and Transparency Framework for Elected and Appointed Officials
This report provides concrete recommendations for strengthening the legislative and institutional framework for elected and appointed officials in Malta. It reviews the institutional and procedural set-up of the Commissioner for Standards in Public Life and analyses the omissions, inconsistencies and overlaps in the Standards in Public Life Act. It also provides recommendations to the Government of Malta on developing the most feasible lobbying regulation, and identifies concrete measures to strengthen the existing codes of ethics for elected and appointed officials, as well as the system of asset and interest declarations.
Foreword
Public integrity is an inherent value of representative democracy: it ensures the leaders – both elected and appointed – govern in the interests of the people. Public integrity is about everybody having a voice, from elections to the policy making process, and preventing undue influence of government policies.