Updated at 5:22pm with Edward Zammit Lewis s reaction
ADPD has asked the Standards Commissioner to investigate Edward Zammit Lewis over accusations of clientalism after awarding a direct order to a lawyer from his electoral district.
ADPD Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo wrote to George Hyzler, asking him to probe accusations that Zammit Lewis awarded a €50,000 direct order to lawyer Cheryl Azzopardi.
The lawyer is the daughter of a former aide to ex-minister Chris Cardona.
However, in a reply to Cacopardo s claims, the Justice Minister insisted that Azzopardi was one of the first lawyers to be engaged with a contract for service within the Directorate for Human Rights (HRD) when it was set up in 2015 as the Directorate for Human Rights and Integration. At the time I was tourism minister, Zammit Lewis said.