AD youths stage silent protest ahead of Konrad Mizzi’s MEPs grilling

Konrad Mizzi faces PANA committee • Publishes audited accounts of Rotorua Trust

Alternativa Demokratika Youths staged a silent demonstration outside parliament, as OPM Minister Konrad Mizzi prepared to face the PANA committee over his offshore trust and company in Panama.

The youths, wearing masks depicting Mizzi’s face with the colours of the Panamanian flag, were greeted by German MEP Sven Giegold.

Giegold is the European Greens’ representative on the Pana committee and a long-time critic of the Panama Papers and Malta’s tax regime.

“Are you also Konrad Mizzi? Do you have offshore companies too?” the MEP jokingly greeted the protestors.

He added that he was disappointed that the Prime Minister’s chief of staff Keith Schembri rejected the Pana committee’s request for a meeting.

Meanwhile, Mizzi also released an audit of his New Zealand Trust, Rotorua Trust.