Gaffarena's lawyer objects to being described as Labour MP in Times of Malta article, calls on Speaker to ensure journalists 'are not allowed to write such articles'
Labour MP Joseph Sammut this evening objected to the fact that he was referred to as a Labour MP in an article in the Times of Malta on Saturday. The article “Gaffarena calls Labour MP as witness in his defence”, reproduced in In-Nazzjon and referred to in MaltaToday. Distinction, he said, should be made between an MP’s function as a parliamentarian and his or her profession. A legal office, he said, was not frequented by saints and a lawyer did not protect the act one was accused of but the right a person had according to law. Читать дальше...