The revelations that two former ministers had secret Swiss bank accounts while they were in office came with a twist of historical irony.

Michael Falzon and Ninu Zammit were Cabinet members in 1994 when a backbench colleague of theirs was pilloried for evading tax on an undeclared investment account.

Fortnightly newspaper Alternattiva had published a story showing how PN MP Lino Gauci Borda held an investment account in the UK with £48,000, which had never been declared for income tax purposes. He resigned from Parliament four days later.

Dr Gauci Borda did not want to be drawn into the current controversy when contacted yesterday.  

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