PN calls on judge to resign

The Nationalist Party has called for the immediate resignation of Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco, saying his position as a judge has become untenable, and said it would support a motion to impeach him. “Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco should tender his resignation immediately. The honourable thing to do is to leave, but if he doesn’t then the Government and Parliament should act,” the PN’s spokesman told The Times yesterday. “Judges should behave impecc-ably and do nothing to tarnish the reputation of the judiciary. Their first priority should always be respect to their office,” the spokesman added. Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco was one of two senior officials of the Maltese Olympic Committee rapped by the International Olympic Committee’s Ethics Commission on Thursday after a probe on ticket selling. The investigation was launched after a probe by undercover reporters of The Sunday Times of London, who secretly filmed Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco and MOC general secretary Joe Cassar while posing as agents seeking to buy tickets allocated to Malta for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The IOC said: “By agreeing to take part in a discussion concerning the ATR (authorised ticket reseller)...