Former TVHemm presenter Norman Vella has filed a judicial protest against the Prime Minister asking for the reason why his deployment with Public Broadcasting Services was terminated.

Mr Vella has previously said the decision was political while the OPM has insisted PBS asked for the revocation as the programme would not run in summer.

Mr Vella, a Customs officer, said he had been deployed to PBS on grounds of public policy on August 1, 2012.

He argued that his termination and redeployment to the public service were not according to any of the criteria laid down in the Public Service Management Code.

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