Speaker Anglu Farrugia said today that his office had never requested the Attorney General’s advice, it did not have the AG’s advice in its records and predecessor Lawrence Gonzi had never given rulings on impeachment proceedings.

Dr Farrugia was referring to the Times of Malta editorial which said:

“The Attorney General has already given written advice in a past impeachment case that a motion can carry over from one legislature to the other. The Speaker back then, Dr Gonzi as it happens, ruled, citing Erskine May, that impeachments are among the very few proceedings that are not quashed at the end of a legislature.”

In its editorial Times of Malta was referring to a memorandum on procedural aspects which had to be decided for the House to regulate itself when considering such motions. The memorandum had been drawn up by Dr Gonzi.