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Party financing must be overhauled if Malta’s to emerge from its distorted democracy – Graffitti
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Malta is suffering from a “distortion of democracy” whereby shadowy constituencies fund political parties in return for favourable treatment such as direct orders and tenders. It also leads to “cosy relationships” with regulators and authorities resulting in a de facto state of impunity.
This was the message from civil society organisation Moviment Graffitti in their written submission to the public inquiry into the assassination of Caruana Galizia.
Among their demands, recommendations, and observations, they called for a new system where parties are only able to raise money via membership dues that will then be multiplied by the State.