THE HON. EVARIST BARTOLO SUES THE PEOPLE ON SUNDAY FOR LIBEL

A libel case was instituted  this morning at the Courts of Justice by Minister for Education and National Culture , the Hon. Evarist Bartolo against Paul Cocks and Charles Demicoli editor of  the newspaper “The People on Sunday”.  The Court has been asked to find Cocks and Demicoli guilty of having maligned and slandered Minister Evarist Bartolo in an article appearing in last Sunday’s edition of The People on Sunday .

The article in question, written by Paul Cocks, was headed “of Ministers and Shady Contracts”.  Amongst other insinuations it alleged that the Minister had countenanced underhand dealings and acts of favouritsm in connection with a cleaning contract at one of the schools undergoing maintenance and repair.

In his submissions, Minister Bartolo maintains that the article was written with the precise intention of slandering him and damaging the Malta Labour Party in the middle of an election campaign .