Nationalist Party MP and shadow minister Jason Azzopardi has been told to retract the statement "Owen Bonnici lied to parliament" by speaker Anġlu Farrugia. The speaker told Dr Azzopardi that if he retracted the phrase, he would consider the case closed. If not, he would take "further steps". But the retraction appears unlikely to happen, with Dr Azzopardi tweeting "Forget it. I will not cower, nor bow" soon after the speaker had issued his ruling. Dr Azzopardi had also made the initial remark on Twitter, in relation to a report about the commission being paid to Henley and Partners for its role in the Individual Investors Programme. Minister Bonnici had subsequently filed a breach of privilege complaint, saying the statement was unacceptable and untrue. In his ruling, the speaker said that Dr Azzopardi had failed to refer to the minister's evidence before the Public Accounts Committee, where it emerged that the commission was not only due on the initial €650,000 investment. This was also evident from the regulator's annual report, the speaker said.
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