A former Labour Party newspaper editor and a former Nationalist Party candidate will sit side by side and call the editorial shots at PBS.
Felix Agius, a former editor of the PL’s weekly KullĦadd, and lawyer Martin Fenech were yesterday appointed to the national broadcasting station’s editorial board.
Dr Fenech’s name cropped up during the election campaign as a business partner of former Labour finance officer Joe Cordina. The company they ran was implicated in the oil scandal after it offered trustee services to George Farrugia, the man who was granted a presidential pardon.
Dr Fenech and Mr Cordina had denied any knowledge or involvement in the oil scandal, saying they had stopped their business relation with Mr Farrugia when their client was implicated in a family feud over missing funds.
Last November, Dr Fenech contested the casual election to fill the parliamentary seat vacated by former Foreign Minister Tonio Borg, who became European Commissioner.
The editorial board that is responsible for all the station’s content will be headed by Joseph Sammut, a public relations officer at Caritas, the Church’s social agency.
Mr Sammut had occupied various positions within the civil...
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