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Tonio Fenech files libel suit against Charlon Gouder
Gouder had claimed that Fenech was aware of the tampering of smart meters but took no action.
25 February 2014, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
Nationalist MP Tonio Fenech (left) has filed a libel suit against Labour MEP candidate Charlon Gouder for claims the latter made in an edition L-Orizzont, and published last week.
Nationalist MP Tonio Fenech has filed a libel suit against Labour MEP candidate Charlon Gouder for claims he made in an article dated February 20th.
The article, published in L-Orizzont, claimed that Fenech was informed about the energy theft scandal which was going on but took no action.
The scandal refers to the tampering of an estimated 1,000 smart meters by Enemalta employees, resulting in a loss of close to €30 million for the local energy supplier. Tonio Fenech was the minister in charge of Enemalta up until last year.
"The article was full of false and libelous allegations," a statement issued by the PN read.
"Amongst other things, Charlon Gouder claimed that Tonio Fenech knew about the tampering of the smart meters and did not take action," it continued, and added that this was just one of many false allegations made by the Labour MEP candidate in the article.
