With reference to the article entitled Ex Mayor Sues For Libel (February 4) please note that the undersigned is still mayor of Siġġiewi.

Furthermore, allow me to inform readers that I instituted libel proceedings against the editor of The Sunday Times and against George Micallef, in relation to the contents of a letter published by The Sunday Times on January 25, and headed Mepa's Ethics Are Confused, and not in relation to an article (Picture Lands Photographer In Trouble With The Police) and a photograph that appeared on The Sunday Times on January 11, as could be erroneously understood.

Editorial note
Mr Musumeci is indeed still mayor of Siġġiewi and the error is regretted. However, the item in question did say that the libel suit was about a letter published in The Sunday Times on January 25. The article added: "The letter, entitled Mepa's Ethics Are Confused, referred to a photo published two weeks earlier. The photo showed Mr Musumeci talking to a Mepa board member in a car park after a board meeting on a permit application."

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