Judge Farrugia Sacco will not resign

Malta Olympic Committee president and Judge Lino Farrugia Sacco this afternoon said he had no intention of giving up either post, saying that Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi was "talking nonsense" when he called for his resignation this morning. Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco is embroiled in an Olympic ticketing controversy, following an investigation by two undercover reporters from The Sunday Times of London. The International Olympic Committee’s Ethics Commission rapped Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco last Thursday, saying that by entertaining the two undercover reporters, he had "allowed the journalists to prove their point".  Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi this morning said that he expected Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco to resign and said the judiciary's credibility was at stake.  But Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco this afternoon said he had no intention of doing so.  "The Prime Minister either said what he said for his own reasons, or else he doesn't know the facts. Fourty-nine European countries yesterday said nothing improper happened, and that only the procedures were wrong. Now if we'd like to make up our minds without knowing what went on, we can be mediaeval and do that."  He said he had...