TV host: ‘I am a victim of the judicial system’

TV presenter Jean-Claude Micallef, who aspires to be an MEP but is facing criminal charges of misappropriation of funds, believes he is a victim of the judicial system. Mr Micallef thinks it would be “absurd” for the Nationalist Party to exclude him as an MEP candidate because of this pending court case since it is his fundamental right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. “This is the PN which fought for liberty and human rights. If you think this is why the Commission did not select me then we are saying the PN is breaching fundamental human rights.” His case has been going on for more than two-and-a-half years and it has been deferred around six times, pending judgment, he told The Sunday Times of Malta. To further delay matters, the case was originally being heard by magistrate Antonio Mizzi who has now been appointed a judge. This means his case must be transferred to a magistrate, but this has not yet happened. Mr Micallef recently took to Facebook to say he understood people’s disappointment after his name was not on the list of eight MEP candidates fielded so far by the PN. His reaction caused critics to compare him to Franco Debono, the former Nationalist MP who...