NEWS | Wednesday, 14 January 2009

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Former Labour leader Alfred Sant has insisted it was not true he spun MaltaToday’s story on investigations into hacking in MITTS emails back in October, or that he intended to hinder police investigations, as Minister Austin Gatt had claimed in parliament.
Sant was speaking during the hearing of the breach of privilege complaint being considered by the House Privileges Committee
The complaint was raised by Sant last October when he denied claims by Gatt in parliament that he had tried to spin information about the MITTS hacking case to MaltaToday to mislead investigations.
The parliamentary committee has requested a ruling from Speaker Louis Galea as to whether Sant should be allowed legal aid.
In his ruling yesterday, Galea said that MPs should be entitled to legal assistance under a number of conditions, including that the assistance should be given by just one lawyer. The complainants were also expected to give replies themselves and not through their lawyer.
Leader of the House Tonio Borg said that in the MaltaToday report, Sant had said that the hacking had been going on for two years.
Sant tabled a copy of all the e-mail correspondence between him and MaltaToday. He said that it was the only correspondence that had taken place between him and the newspaper.
Sant said the case was not about MaltaToday’s report but Gatt’s claims. Sant also told Gatt he did not deny any of MaltaToday’s reports.
Austin Gatt’s legal counsel will be meeting former Labour leader Alfred Sant in a bid to resolve the breach of privilege.

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