Opposition leader Simon Busuttil has filed a libel case against the Labour Party over European Parliament electoral campaign videos on the national station.

The videos, entitled €1.5 million in direct orders, conveyed false implications by using selective clips with manipulative editing and comments taken out of contest, Dr Busuttil said.

The Nationalist Party said it had complained to the Broadcasting Authority asking that the videos stop being aired immediately.

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