Controversial rules that are meant to tackle financial crime in the voluntary sector will be watered down following an outcry by NGOs.
Government sources told
The NGO Repubblika has told the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations that it is turning down his invitation for a meeting, and will only meet him in court u
The NGO Commissioner has insisted that his censure of rule-of-law group Repubblika was not politically motivated. 
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NGO Commissioner rebuts Repubblika claims: I have always acted autonomously’
Reacting to accusations of trying to stifle rule of law NGO Repubblika, the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations insists he has ‘no political interference and has always acted autonomously’
15 March 2021, 5:59pm
by Kurt Sansone
NGO Commissioner Anthony Abela Medici has pushed back against accusations that he wants to silence rule of law NGO Repubblika, insisting he has “always acted autonomously”.
In a statement on Monday, the Voluntary Organisations Commissioner said that a request made to Repubblika to comply with the law was also made to other NGOs.
He insisted that most NGOs had taken the suggestions for changes in their statute to become compliant with the law on board.
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