Exclusive: Abela wanted €24,000 in fees instead of €500 paid from public coffers

Exclusive: Abela wanted €24,000 in fees instead of €500 paid from public coffers

Prime Minister Robert Abela allegedly pressured court employees in 2018 to calculate legal fees in a way that would have increased his payment from less than €500 to more than €24,000 in cases linked to the 2015 Paqpaqli tragedy, according to claims made by Judge Wenzu Mintoff and independent calculations made by The Shift, according … Continued

By Ivan Camilleri