Pirates: Malt-accused should take over “financial damage”
In the Malt affair, the Pirate Party speaks up again. Last week it became known that the European public prosecutor Between 20,000 and 25,000 euros in party funds of the pirates frozen. Pirate members confirmed this last week compared to the « Luxemburger Word ».
On June 3, the party leadership came together to advise on the current status of the Malt affair, as it says in a press release on Wednesday morning. “For reasons of transparency”, it was decided to communicate over the affair to the outside world. In the letter, the party again confirms that the European public prosecutor’s office confiscated exactly 23,801.72 euros on April 24 of this year. « As before, the party cooperates to the full extent with the responsible authorities. »
EU prosecutor freezes up to 25,000 euros at the Pirate Party
Party leadership hopes for « quick legal clarification »
The party leadership now hopes for « quick legal clarification and aims to cooperate with all accused people in the dossier ». These should be willing to « assume their responsibility and to take over the financial damage to the party, » the letter continues.
Despite the situation, the party is and remains capable of action on both political and financial levels.
From a press release from the pirates
MP Sven Clement and his company was charged in the Malt affair. The affair goes back to 2016. It is about a translation app called « Mobile Assisted Language Tool », which was developed during the refugee crisis on behalf of the state for the ona admission office (Office National de L’accueil). In this dossier, irregularities were found, especially with regard to some employment contracts. Last November there were searches at the Pirate Party in the course of these investigation.
Malt-affair: Sven Clement « doesn’t speak for the party »
The party management of the pirates also writes in the press release, the « current uncertainty represents a great burden for the party’s members and employees ». However, the party leadership relies on « complete transparency and honesty » and wants to actively support the legal education of the Malt affair. « Despite the situation, the party is and remains capable of action both on a political and financial level. »
The Malt affair drove a wedge between the two MP Sven Clement (left) and Marc Goergen. Photo: Gerry Huberty
In addition, the party emphasizes that the accused actors are represented by separate lawyers and that MP Sven Clement in the Malt-affair « does not speak in the name of the party ».
