Jason Micallef: ‘I have no conflict of interest’

Jason Micallef has confirmed that as part-time chairman of the Valletta 2018 Foundation, he will retain his full-time post as chairman of the Labour Party’s television station, but sees no conflict of interest in these roles. Mr Micallef told Times of Malta he had no idea when he would take up his role as V-18 chairman on a full-time basis and relinquish his One TV post. “No dates have been set as yet – but it will happen as the event draws near: the Prime Minister explained this,” he said. V-18 is the name of the foundation preparing Valletta to be the European Capital of Culture in 2018. Earlier this month Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that, when Mr Micallef officially takes over the post full-time , he would have to resign his chairmanship of One Productions. Mr Micallef said he felt there was “no conflict of interest whatsoever” between the two posts. “If you are professional in your attitude, there should never be any conflict of interest,” he said. He said the previous V-18 chairman, David Felice, also had a full-time job other than his chairmanship. “His post was not full-time... so what about him? Did he not have any conflict of interest with his full-time job?” When...