The Commission for the Administration of Justice has concluded its deliberations  on whether Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco should face a parliamentary motion for impeachment for misbehaviour.

Its decision is to be communicated to the Speaker of the House.

In terms of the Constitution, a member of the judiciary can only be removed after a parliamentary motion is backed by two thirds of MPs.

The motion to remove Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco from the Bench was presented in December 2012 after the judge, then president of the Malta Olympic Committee, and another official were rapped by the International Olympic Committee following a ticket sales investigation.

The judge denies any wrongdoing.

He had already received warnings, including publicly from the commission, over his dual role as MOC president and a member of the Bench, which was deemed to contravene the judiciary’s code of ethics.