A judge has ordered the revocation of an injunction stopping the removal of the Nationalist Party's billboards but the PN hit back with another injunction application.Mr Justice Anthony Ellul upheld an application filed by the Planning Authority and Transport Malta calling for the revocation of the injunction because the PN had failed to follow-up its injunction with a court case within 20 days.But minutes after this decision was handed down, the PN filed another request for an injunction after having lost the first one because it missed the deadline.The party also filed an urgent application before the Constitutional Court, which is hearing its complaints regarding breaches to its fundamental rights asking the court to award what is known in legal jargon as an "interim measure" which basically stops the authorities from removing the billboards over which the case was filed.The complication came about because the PN "missed" a deadline to initiate proceedings according to law after having first won the right to retain its billboards.On May 10, a judge ruled that the Nationalist Party was justified in refusing to remove its billboards following a sudden change in regulations and...
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