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Several prime ministers involved in breach of privilege rulings
In 1992, former prime minister Eddie Fenech Adami asked the speaker to investigate a breach of privilege by opposition leader Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici.
6 October 2013, 12:00am
Jerome Caruana Cilia
Jerome Caruana Cilia
1 min read
During the past few days, the political sphere was ruffled after Opposition MPs walk stormed out of Chamber after the Speaker's ruling.
Speaker Anglu Farrugia ruled that Busuttil's allegation of "political interference" in the John Dalli case constituted a breach of privilege because the leader of the Opposition failed to substantiate the allegation.
Simon Busuttil said that the Opposition is ready to take case to court and if needs be, the European Court of Human Rights. However, this wasn't the first time that a prime minister asked the speaker to investigate a possible breach of privilege by the opposition leader.
Back in 1992, when Lawrence Gonzi was the Speaker of the House of Representatives, former prime minister Eddie Fenech Adami asked the speaker to investigate a breach of privilege by opposition leader Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici. The case related to an exchange which allegedly took place during a press conference on Wednesday, 7 October 1992. However, the Speaker ruled out that the motion could not be submitted.
In 2008, speaker Louis Galea ruled that Austin Gatt was guilty of case of prima facie breach of privilege against former prime minister Alfred Sant.
Read the full article in today's edition of Illum
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BUSUTTIL CAN TAKE HIS PETTY LIES TO THE EUROPEAN COURT AND STAY THERE. WE DON'T NEED HIS CONSTANT RHETORIC AND FALSITIES HERE IN MALTA.
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Lets keep out these diversion comments about these breach of privileges and concentrate on WHO was telling the truth and WHO was not telling the truth in our Parliament shall we?
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Dr Busuttil hallik mix-xenati u ghati kas lilna n-nazzjonalisti ghax insejtuna
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But can't you see? One cannot raise a breach of parliamentary privilege against Simon Busuttil. He is over and above the law. And if he is accused of prima facie breach of privilege, he will take the case to his European godfathers. Kids stuff.
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A very interesting and detailed article in Illum. Well done
