Two libel suits were filed yesterday by Nationalist Party mayors against the General Workers’ Union’s daily L-Orizzont and the Labour Party’s television station One.
St Paul’s Bay mayor Graziella Galea took offence to a news item broadcast on One on Tuesday and Wednesday, penned by Charlon Gouder and edited by Kurt Farrugia.
Lija mayor Ian Castaldi Paris sued L-Orizzont over an article entitled Farsa Waqt Seduta Tal-Kunsill Lokali Ta’ Ħal-Lija (Farce during Lija local council meeting), which appeared on February 10.