The Nationalist Party has confirmed that it has been helping the Civil Society Network organize two protest held in the wake of the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia but said it was accepting CSN's open call for assistance.
Net TV has been the only TV station to cover the protest live, leading certain pundits on Labour Party media to suggest that the demonstration were in actual fact organized by the PN.
A PN spokesperson said, when asked by this newspaper, that "some of our employees have been asked by CSN to volunteer and they accepted," adding that the PN is "the only voice of CSN in Parliament."
Last week CSN spokesperson Michael Briguglio told this that the network had called for assistance by anyone. "Those who wanted to help were welcome to help us."
Pressed further as to whether he had specifically contacted either one of the three television stations, Briguglio stressed that this was not the case and that CSN "would have welcomed any cameraman; we made it clear in the press release that all assistance was welcome."
PBS and the Labour Party both confirmed that no direct request for their assistance had been made.
The PN spokesman did not reply to a question on whether it was true that the party was engaging all its members via sms and telephone to participate in the protests.
This newspaper also asked whether PN leader Adrian Delia was aware of the support the party was giving to CSN and whether he approved of it, given the animosity shown towards him by Daphne Caruana Galizia's family.
"Adrian Delia is fully aware of the support the PN is giving CSN and is backing these protests while respecting the requests of Daphne Caruana Galizia's family," the spokesperson said.
Delia, who had one point referred to the journalist as a 'bicca blogger', has tried to apologise to the Caruana Galizia family since her assassination through an article published on The Times of Malta. However, his apology was refused by Daphne's sister, Corinne Vella.
Daphne Caruana Galizia had had accused Delia of money laundering, and specifically that money deriving from prostitution in London flats was transferred through an offshore account in Delia's name.
Delia, who filed five separate libel suits against Caruana Galizia during the leadership election, has denied the claims, but did acknowledge that he represented a Maltese client who was indeed the landlord of at least one property used for illicit practices, but insisted that his client/landlord was not to be held responsible for the actions of his tenants.
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