What the Sunday papers say…

MaltaToday reveals that minister Manuel Mallia’s former chief of staff Silvio Scerri, has been appointed to the post of chief enforcement officer without any call for applications. The newspaper also reveals that former finance minister Tonio Fenech is the chairman of an advisory firm wholly-owned by a British Virgin Islands company and acts as company secretary to a Jersey corporate firm.

Sunday newspaper Illum says Assistant Commissioner Silvio Valletta has refused the post of Police Commissioner, ostensibly because of the political position his wife, parliamentary secretary Justyne Caruana, holds. The newspaper reports that it is not excluded that the post will go to Acting Commissioner Lawrence Cutajar. In an interview with the newspaper, Toni Abela says PN leader Simon Busuttil was behind the party’s plan to discredit his nomination to the European Court of Auditors.

The Sunday Times of Malta says Mark Gaffarena is threatening legal action if the owners of part of the Valletta property at the centre of a scandal do not honour a promise of sale agreement and sell their share to him for a fraction of what is now worth. In another story, the newspaper reports that Mr Justice Giovanni Grixti will appear before the Commission for the Administration of Justice after he mistakenly jailed Zurrieq mayor Natius Farrugia for harassing blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2013.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says Parliamentary secretary Ian Borg will continue using the services of a Panama Papers linked company for his controversial development. It also reports that the BOV has authorised the opening of bank accounts for two security guards supposedly working at the Tobruk embassy in Malta even though they did not meet the bank’s due diligence requirements.

It-Torca says speculation has mounted on whether Malta’s Eurovision representative Ira Losco is pregnant. The newspaper also reports that Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation chairman Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi will run for the Labour’s deputy leadership post.

Nationalist news organ il-mument leads with civil society’s protest yesterday calling for the resignation of minister Konrad Mizzi and OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri following revelations of their offshore interests.

Labour newspaper Kullhadd leads with the launch of the building of a football pitch at the Family Park in Marsaskala, an investment costing around €1.5 million.