Updated: The Electoral Commission this evening informed the European Green Party that it is issuing the two observer passes, Alternattiva Demokratika announced.
Earlier, the Prime Minister, replying to a letter by the European Green Party which has requested his intervention, said he had never objected to any request made to the Electoral Commission for permission to have observers at the referendum in the same manner and under the same parameters adopted by the Electoral Commission for the 2003 EU accession referendum.
"However I feel I must remind Ms Cremers that the Electoral Commission is a Constitutionally independent body that acts independently of Government," he said.
See also:
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110525/local/electoral-commissioner-refuses-to-explain-observer-status-decision.367187
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110525/local/ad-disappointed-at-electoral-commission-s-refusal-to-grant-greens-observer-status.367209