Kindly allow me to pass a comment about the letter The indomitable ‘Dom’ by correspondent Valerie Borg (TMID, 11 August) since, in this same letter, the correspondent referred to (what she called) a conflict between Mintoff and Alfred Sant “during the tempestuous one year and 10 months of a Labour government with Dr Sant the man at the helm…”.

I would like to point out that, on Tuesday, 9 June 1998, Alfred Sant repeatedly called Mintoff a “traitor” during a Birgu (Vittoriosa) mass meeting. This sorry episode, now familiar to one and all, was never mentioned in the book entitled Mexxejja Hassieba u Deputati Laburisti 1920-2000 by Francis Galea (SKS/Sensiela Kotba Socjalisti) in, yet another, left-wing attempt to censor information. Dr Sant never apologised for this obscenity.

One wonders why Valerie Borg is now praising Mintoff since, in a November 1997 Capital Radio 1997/1998 Budget debate against me she frequently insulted Mintoff by calling him a “traitor” on air. This was a live programme chaired by Saviour Sammut and, on her part, a rather transparent attempt to tow the (Socialist) party line.

To this I had objected, saying that although I had hardly ever agreed with any of the measures he had proposed and, eventually, carried out, in the past, this did not give anyone the right to resort to slander.

Edward Torpiano

Floriana