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maltatoday, SUNDAY, 29 JUNE 2014 News 7 MIRIAM DALLI PAUL A. Attard was "a man of principles with a strong sense of vo- cation", people who worked closely with the veteran broadcaster said. Attard, 72, died in a tragic fall. His body was found on Monday morning after members of his fam- ily reported him missing to the po- lice. He was last seen at a reception organised by the Sovereign Order of Malta at its embassy in Valletta. The President of the Republic, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, was also present at the reception, held on the roof of the embassy in Ordi- nance Street. It is not clear what caused At- tard's fall but Police investigators believe he was walking down a ramp leading to a penthouse in the building when he fell over onto an adjacent roof, hitting his head. He fell a height of one storey. The reception was held on Sun- day evening but Attard was only found on Monday morning at around 9.20. Sources explained it was harder for the investigating of- ficers to find him since he fell into another property. It is understood that he went to the reception unaccompanied. Father to former AFM deputy commander, Col David Attard, Paul At- tard served as perma- nent secretary at the Ministry of Education under the Nationalist administration, served also as chairman of the Public Service Com- mission and was president of the board of g o v e r n o r s at MCAST. He was currently serving as presi- dent of the St John's Co- Cathedral Foundation and was very well-respected, described as a gen- tleman. A t t a r d was also part of the team that set up RTK, the Church's radio station, and presented several religious programmes. Fr Joe Borg, who presided the fu- neral mass, described Attard as a man of principles and values. Borg had convinced Attard to take a year's leave from the civil service to help him set up RTK. "I worked closely with him in broadcasting and together we worked on Dawl il-Hajja. I then persuaded him to take a year off when we were setting up RTK," Borg told MaltaToday. He praised Attard for his com- mitment in everything he did: "He worked out of conviction and what- ever he set his mind on, he ensured he did well." Attard was also very active within the Nationalist Party and, follow- ing his retirement, he also served as advisor to the party on educa- tion policies. The PN's deputy leader for par- liamentary affairs, Mario de Marco, worked closer with Attard on cul- tural affairs. "He had a strong sense of vocation and he worked tremen- dously even in his role as presi- dent of the St John's Co-Cathedral Foundation," Dr de Marco said. PN accuses government of stalling public life standards law The committee, the PN added, was created after opposition leader Simon Busuttil had moved a mo- tion where he listed cases of breach of ethics and improper behaviour by government MPs and called for a structure to guarantee proper conduct. The law should see the creation of a new institutional role, a Com- missioner for Standards, who will be responsible for the independent and impartial investigation of al- leged breaches of the Parliamentary code of conduct. Moreover, the commissioner will be granted the authority to review declaration of assets of MPs and will also have a consultative role, allowing MPs the opportunity to seek the commissioner's advice on whether their planned actions or events were in line with the code of ethics. In the case of persons of trust appointed by ministers, the com- missioner will have the authority to order sanctions, unless the per- son involved falls under the remit of the public service commission. ǁƚŽƌŝƚĂǭƚĂĚͲũĂƌʹ.ŝŶŝũŝĞƚƚĂƐͲ^ĂũĨϮϬϭϰ Malta : 22, Triq Pietro Floriani, Floriana 'ŜĂǁĚĞdž͗Ϯϱ͕dƌŝƋŶƌŝĐŽDŝnjnjŝ͕sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ DŝƐͲϭϲƚĂ͛*ƵŶũƵƐĂƚͲϯϬƚĂ͛^ĞƩĞŵďƌƵ͕ϮϬϭϰ͗ dĞůĞĨŽŶĂƟ͗dŶĞũŶʹ*ŝŵŐŜĂ͗ϴ͘ϬϬĂŵʹϭϮ͘ϬϬƉŵ͘ &ƚƵŜŐŜĂůůͲƉƵďďůŝŬƵ͗dŶĞũŶ͕důŝĞƚĂ͕.ĂŵŝƐ͕ *ŝŵŐŜĂ͗ϴ͘ϬϬĂŵʹϭϭ͘ϯϬĂŵ͘ ,ŽƵƐŝŶŐƵƚŚŽƌŝƚLJʹ^ƵŵŵĞƌϮϬϭϰ Malta : 22, Pietro Floriani Street, Floriana 'ŽnjŽ͗Ϯϱ͕ŶƌŝĐŽDŝnjnjŝ^ƚƌĞĞƚ͕sŝĐƚŽƌŝĂ &ƌŽŵϭϲƚŚ:ƵŶĞƚŽϯϬƚŚ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ͕ϮϬϭϰ͗ dĞůĞƉŚŽŶĞƐ͗DŽŶĚĂLJʹ&ƌŝĚĂLJ͗ϴ͘ϬϬĂŵʹϭϮ͘ϬϬƉŵ͘ KƉĞŶŝŶŐŚŽƵƌƐ͗DŽŶĚĂLJ͕dƵĞƐĚĂLJ͕dŚƵƌƐĚĂLJ͕ &ƌŝĚĂLJ͗ϴ͘ϬϬĂŵʹϭϭ͘ϯϬĂŵ Perilous entrance to embassy penthouse led to tragic fall The St John Cavalier, where the reception hosted by the Order's embassy was held Paul Attard Government: 'Opposition not credible on political propriety'

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