Lino Farrugia Sacco appeal rejected

The Court of Constitutional Appeal today rejected Judge Lino Farrugia Sacco's request to recuse two members of the Commission for the Administration of Justice (CAJ) - Chamber of Advocates president Reuben Balzan, and judge emeritus Victor Caruana Colombo.

Last week, Farrugia Sacco presented the Court of Constitutional Appeal with the letter he sent to the Speaker of the House, demanding that a motion for his impeachment is dropped. He also exhibited a copy of the recommendations the commission sent to the House.

The Commission for the Administration of Justice found prima facie evidence that Farrugia Sacco's tenure of the post of president of the Malta Olympic Committee, is in breach of the judiciary's code of ethics and he compromised his authority as a judge when he was filmed by undercover reporters from the Sunday Times of London in a discussion on the resale of tickets for the Sochi Winter Olympics.