Justice to be transferred to OPM - Labour MP is Commissioner Against Bureaucracy

The justice portfolio has been transferred to the prime minister from the Ministry of Home Affairs. Owen Bonnici will still remain parliamentary secretary for justice. The move was announced by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat in a press conference to mark the 100 days of his government. He also announced that Labour MP Michael Falzon has been appointed Commissioner Against Bureaucracy with a target to cut red tape by 25 per cent. Dr Muscat said a consultative council for the south will be set up shortly . The Prime Minister said he felt optimistic that public finances will end the year below the three per cent deficit threshold, despite scepticism that Malta will need two years to do so. He said that for the first time the Finance Minister was receiving monthly accounts of actual revenue and expenditure against projected figures. Dr Muscat said he was "disgusted" by the bureaucracy he found on taking office. "We are at a stage where a decision taken by the Prime Minister takes days to be implemented and this is not bureaucracy to guarantee accountability but simply a procedure of habit." Throughout the press conference, Dr Muscat repeatedly referred to  the injustices suffered by...