Watch: 'I'd be an idiot to hire a private jet next time,' says PA boss

Updated at 8.40am with video Planning Authority executive chairman Johann Buttigieg has defended his decision to fly a board member down on a private jet for a vote on the City Centre project, insisting it was done “with good intentions”. Mr Buttigieg told the Times of Malta on Thursday he still believed, despite widespread criticism, that his decision was correct, but added that it would not be repeated now that he knew there was no “political backing”. “The minister and Prime Minister made their position very clear [that they disagreed with the decision], so I’d be quite an idiot to go against that opinion,” he said. “What I did was to be sure no one could come back and say the vote would have changed if one person or another had been present. “Whether it was €5,000 or €15,000, it was better than having a dubious vote,” he said. “It’s a double-edged sword: you take a decision to ensure things are done in the best way possible, and it blows up in your face. “You live and learn.” Asked about calls for his resignation over the incident, Mr Buttigieg said: “If people resign because they do things with good intentions, it’s one thing; if they do them with bad intentions it’s...