New protest over Labour billboards

Despite a court ruling declaring the Labour party free to place its billboards around the island, Transport Malta yesterday filed a judicial protest reiterating its argument that the boards posed a hazard.

It said the protest was a declaration that it was not responsible if an accident should happen. It called on Labour to remove the billboards.

Last month the party managed to secure a warrant prohibiting the authority from stopping them placing the billboards at traffic junctions and other areas.

The authority had argued that besides the risk they posed, the party had no permission to install the billboards and that according to law, political billboards may only be installed after an election is called.