Parliament’s Standards Committee has been asked to look into a report that was compiled by the Standards Commissioner about allegations concerning Labour MP Michael Farrugia and his links with Yorgen Fenech, who stands accused of masterminding the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

When this happens, this normally means that some wrongdoing on the part of the Minister has been identified by the Commissioner for Standards, independent candidate Arnold Cassola said in a statement. Cassola had filed a complaint about the matter three years ago.

“The Commissioner for Standards has informed me that he has concluded his investigation on Minister Michael Farrugia following my request 3 years ago,” Cassola said, adding that he had reported Farrugia on four “lies”.

Farrugia had lied to journalist Jacob Borg that he had never met Fenech at Castille, Cassola said.

Once he had been shown the Castille visitors' register, Farrugia had changed his version, saying he had a meeting with Fenech, but it did not concern the Mriehel towers.

Cassola contended that Farrugia had also lied when he said that it was an evaluation committee on the public consultation into sites for high rise buildings that took the decision on the Mrieħel project. Mrieħel was not proposed as a site for high-rises. 

Farrugia had also lied when he claimed he had no access to the committee's documentation. The document was easily accessible, Cassola said.

“Unfortunately, despite being the complainant,  the law prohibits me from having access to the findings and conclusions of an investigation initiated by me,” Cassola said in today’s statement.