Speaker of the House Anġlu Farrugia yesterday said it was “case closed” over his complaint against a statement made in an editorial of The Sunday Times of Malta.
Following the editorial on March 9, last Monday Dr Farrugia asked the editor to withdraw his allegation that “Joseph Muscat and Labour-appointed Speaker [Anġlu Farrugia] went out of their way to ensure [Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco] would not be impeached before he reaches retirement age in the summer”.
On Sunday March 16 the editor wrote: “While The Sunday Times of Malta asserts its right to imply or even state as a matter of opinion that the Prime Minister and the Speaker were in cahoots on the matter, in this case neither did the editorial contain such a comment nor did it want to imply it.”
Notwithstanding, the newspaper stood by the editorial, which was entitled ‘One Year On’.
The Speaker last night said he accepted the editor’s explanation and the case was now closed.