'Electoral Commission investigation will breach Constitution and human rights'

Updated with PL statement at 7.15pm Serious concerns have been brought up about an investigation which is to be undertaken by the Electoral Commission on alleged breach of the party financing act, the Nationalist Party said. It said in a statement it had received a letter which four of the electoral commissioners sent the President of Malta in which they insist that with the investigation, the Commission would be breaching the Constitution and fundamental human rights. The case concerns claims made by the db Group, formerly known as the Seabank, that donations to the PN were made in the form of payments against invoices issued by the party’s company, Media.Link. The hotel group argues it never took out advertising with the PN media, implying the invoices were false. Last year alone, €70,800 was transacted in this way. The PN has denied the claim, insisting the relationship between Silvio Debono’s companies and Media.Link was of a commercial nature. The PN said in its statement that while it agreed that an investigation should be carried out on every complaint made, it was not acceptable for the commission to investigate and judge a case at the same time. This was more so when...