Parliamentary secretary for planning Deborah Schembri today accused Opposition leader Simon Busuttil of lying in order to cover up for deputy leader Mario de Marco. Addressing a PL press conference, Dr Schembri said Dr Busuttil had lied when he said Dr de Marco published the invoices related to the works carried out on his house by contractor Pierre Sladden. The PL had accused Dr de Marco of accepting the €34,000 worth of construction works as a gift from Mr Sladden, who had been mentioned in the Panama Papers. No such invoices had been published, Dr Schembri said. "Simon Busuttil is in panic. He cannot answer questions so he has resorted to lying. This when he always pretends to be the paladin of the truth," Dr Schembri said. Dr Schembri said publication of the invoices alone would not be enough, as Dr de Marco would also have to provide documented proof that he had actively chased Mr Sladden for these invoices over the five-year period during which the works were carried out. Dr de Marco has repeatedly denied works carried out by Mr Sladden were meant as a gift insisting that the contractor's reply when asked for invoices was always that the bill would be presented once the...
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