A decision taken by the Broadcasting Authority which awarded the Nationalist Party a three minute right of reply on PBS Head of News Reno Bugeja's current affairs programme Dissett has been reversed.
The PN originally filed a complaint citing an imbalance on the show. Energy and Health Minister Konrad Mizzi was invited alone to the current affairs show, where he answered questions about the Panamagate scandal.
Panamagate refers to the discovery that the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Keith Schembri and Energy and Health Minister Konrad Mizzi concurrently hold trusts in New Zealand, which contain companies registered in blacklisted Panama.
A press release issued by the PN said that they received a letter from the BA, informing them that PBS will not be broadcasting the PN's reply, stating that the reply was of a libellous nature.
Following a number of amendments, the PN sent their reply again, however this too was rejected, with the BA saying that the PN cannot refer to Panamagate.
The PN noted how apart from completely changing its decision one week later, the BA is now stopping them from speaking out about the Panamagate scandal.
It is insisting that the chairman of the BA goes back on its most recent decision, and warned that it reserves the right to use the full force of the law should the chairman refuse.
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