Revenue Security Corps to be disbanded - Personnel to be integrated into the mainstream of the AFM

The Government today published a report for public discussion which recommends that the Revenue Security Corps of the AFM should be disbanded and its personnel be fully integrated into the mainstream of the Armed Forces of Malta.

The report follows the Prime Minister's Statement in the House of Representatives on 3 December 1997, in which he announced that an examination would be conducted of the way in which the Revenue Security Corps and its tasks could be fully integrated into the AFM.

The current strength of the RSC consists of one officer and 158 men. The report proposes that one officer and 143 men will go to 1st Regiment as a fourth infantry company, as well as boosting the strength of the AFM element in Gozo by 18 men. 15 men currently in the Revenue Security Investigation Service will be engaged in the Department of Inland Revenue as public officers performing broadly similar roles to those done today. The deployment of a fourth infantry company in 1st Regiment AFM will add significantly to the AFM's operational effectiveness.

Following a four week period for public consultation within which any interested parties may write to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, about the proposed measures, the Government will then decide on an action plan for implementation.

Enclosure: Report on the Integration of the Revenue Security Corps into the Mainstream of the Armed Forces of Malta.

Ir-Revenue Security Corps se jigi xolt

Il-Gvern illum ippubblika rapport miftuh ghad-diskussjoni tal-pubbliku. Dan ir-rapport jirrikmanda li r-Revenue Security Corps jigi xolt u l-membri tieghu integrati fi hdan il-Forzi Armati ta' Malta.

Dan ir-rapport isegwi l-Istqarrija li l-Prim Ministru ghamel fit-3 ta' Dicembru 1997 fil-Kamra tar-Rapprezentanti. Dakinhar, il-Prim Ministru kien habbar li kien se jigi mistharreg il-mod li bih ir-Revenue Security Corps u x-xoghol li jwettaq seta' jigi integrat fil-Forzi Armati ta' Malta.

Ir-Revenue Security Corps illum jigbor fih ufficjal wiehed u 158 ragel. Ir-Rapport jipproponi li ufficjal u 143 ragel jghaddu biex jiffurmaw ir-raba' kumpanija ta'l-Infanterija fi hdan il-Forzi Armati ta' Malta, filwaqt li tmintax-il ragel jghaddu biex isahhu l-istakkament tal-Forzi Armati f'Ghawdex. Jipproponi wkoll li l-hmistax-il ruh li, fil-mument, jaghmlu parti mit-Taqsima ta' l-Istharrig tar-Revenue Security Corps jibdew jaghmlu parti mis-Servizz Civili u jintbaghtu fid-Dipartiment tat-Taxxi Interni biex hemm jaghmlu xoghol li jkun fl-istess linja ta' dak li qeghdin jaghmlu llum. Hu mahsub li, biz-zieda tar-raba' kumpanija ta' l-Infanterija, il-kapacitajiet militari ta' l-Ewwel Regiment jikbru mhux ftit.

Il-pubbliku ghandu erba' gimghat zmien biex iressaq is-suggerimenti tieghu fuq il-mizuri proposti. Min hu interessat jista' jikteb lis-Segretarju Permanenti, Ufficcju tal-Prim Ministru. F'gheluq dan iz-zmien, imbaghad, il-Gvern jiddeciedi fuq kif l-ahjar imexxi biex jimplimenta dawn il-mizuri.

Anness: Ir-Rapport dwar l-Integrazzjoni tar-Revenue Security Corps fi hdan il-Forzi Armati ta' Malta