Category: Decisions not to investigate

30 Jan 2026
Exterior view of the Parliament of Malta

The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life has written to Parliament’s Standards Committee asking for authorisation to publish decisions not to investigate complaints. Currently, the Commissioner’s reports on his investigations are normally published. But if the Commissioner decides not to investigate a complaint, he cannot publish his decision to this effect. He can only send…

20 Sep 2024

The Commissioner for Standards has written to Parliament’s Standards Committee for the third time asking for authorisation to publish decisions not to investigate complaints. Currently, when the Commissioner investigates a complaint his case report on the investigation is normally published. But if the Commissioner decides that a complaint does not warrant investigation, he cannot publish…

15 Dec 2023
Exterior view of the Parliament of Malta

The Commissioner for Standards in Public Life has proposed that he should have the right to publish decisions not to investigate complaints. Currently, when the Commissioner investigates a complaint his case report on the investigation is normally published. But if the Commissioner decides that the complaint does not warrant investigation, he cannot publish his decision…