evidence: As it is, in Malta, the duty of members of the house of representatives to declare their assets only emerges from the provisions of the code of ethics for MPs, which appears as the first schedule of the Standards in Public Life Act (chapter 570 of the laws of Malta). [...] To make things worse, an inadequate asset declaration form has consistently led to inconsistencies and manifest under-declarations being made and, perhaps, encourages MPs to be economical with their declarations. Indeed, when any declaration is, in fact, made, it normally raises more questions than it answers. So, has the time come, once we are in the process of undertaking a radical and extensive constitutional reform, to enshrine the duty of all MPs, and possibly extend it to all public officials, to declare their assets under our constitution and for the imposition of strong sanctions on those who fail to do so properly?