Busuttil: Chris Cardona embarrassed the whole of the European Union

The prime minister's actions or lack of them following the latest reports on Economy Minister Chris Cardona will speak volumes, Opposition leader Simon Busuttil said this morning. He said Dr Muscat's silence so far following the reports that Dr Cardona had visited a brothel during an official visit to Germany was deafening. He said the minister, who had “a reputation for low moral standards”, had not only embarrassed the Maltese people with his “sleaze”, but he had now exported that embarrassment to Germany and the rest of the EU. Dr Cardona, he said, was in Germany representing Malta on business related to its Presidency of the EU Council. He had therefore embarrassed the whole of the European Union. This was the same minister, Dr Busuttil said, who had only recently had been investigated by the Auditor General for spending €700 on drinks from a hotel mini bar while on official business in Dubai.  Dr Cardona, he observed, was not just a minister, but Labour deputy leader for party affairs. "Somebody needs to tell him that party affairs does not mean partying," Dr Busuttil said. The ministerial code of ethics, he explained, demanded that ministers observe the highest standards...