The principal permanent secretary has said that he did not testify in the case brought up by Marica Mizzi after her termination of employment.

In a right of reply issued through the Department of Information, Cutajar said that he became aware of the case when it ended up in court.

The report in question does not speak of any testimony given by Cutajar.

This is the right of reply in full:

“With reference to your article, ‘President's former spokesperson wins €14,300 in compensation for dismissal’ it needs to be clarified that without going into the merits of the particular court ruling, it should be stated that Principal Permanent Secretary Mr Mario Cutajar never testified in this case. Furthermore this particular case was never referred to him neither by the person in question nor by the relevant department which processed her contract of work. Mr Cutajar became aware of the case when it ended up in court.”