The “forced resignation” of the chairman of the Malta Communications Authority, Antonio Ghio, has been accepted by the Government, which has replaced him with lawyer Edward Woods.

Mr Ghio had submitted his resignation on March 14 in a letter arguing that the request for him to do so breached local law and EU directives establishing the authority’s “complete independence”.

He said these regulations stipulated the situations where the head of the regulatory authority on communications networks can be removed.

The letter was released last night by the Government, which said the resignation was according to law and in view of the change in government.

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