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SUNDAY • 31 MARCH 2019 • ISSUE 1012 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY YOUR FIRST READ AND CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY • 31 MARCH 2019 • ISSUE 1012 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday €1.95 2 today today QUOTAS EXPLAINED KURT SANSONE runs through the electoral process to fi nd out which women would have made it to the House in 2017 PAGES 12-13 MATTHEW AGIUS THE alleged falsified signatures up- on which Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia demanded a police in- vestigation last week, are not part of any document inside the FIAU dos- sier concerning suspicions of money laundering against him. In what was a veritable turn of events for the PN leader last Saturday, Delia held a late-evening press con- ference demanding a police investi- gation into the falsified signatures after receiving questions from The Times on the contents of the FIAU investigation. Delia suggested that the police should investigate a link between his falsified signature and the FIAU's money laundering investigation which has been sent to the police for follow-up. But MaltaToday can now confirm that police were shown a memoran- dum of association of the company Frankef Ltd by Delia's lawyer, which sources insist is unconnected to the investigation carried out by the FIAU. Additionally, they say that Delia would have received the document in an envelope and was unaware of who had sent it. PAGE 4 an envelope and was unaware of who PAGE 5 Police doubt link between 'falsified' signatures and FIAU probe Joseph Muscat (left) has canvassed for support for European Council president, although Dutch PM Mark Rutte (right), pictured here with High Representative Federica Mogherini, could also be a contender JAMES DEBONO SLEEPING rough on public benches has been effectively criminalised in Malta's sec- ond largest locality, after the council unanimously ap- proved a by-law to stop peo- ple from sleeping inside its public gardens. Lifting a lid on the wider so- cial problem of homelessness, Birkirkara mayor Joanne Debono Grech defended the introduction of a by-law im- posing a €65 fine on people "loitering" in the locality, as a way to dissuade people from sleeping in public gardens in the locality. "The by-law was prompted by reports that people were sleeping in public gardens. Since the by-law was intro- duced last month we have stopped receiving these re- ports," Debono Grech told MaltaToday. She insisted that the by-law was not targeting anyone over their nationality but was aimed at keeping people from sleeping in public spaces. Birkirkara council's law on loitering to remove homeless 'nuisance' FIAU probe on Adrian Delia Dubious signature is of 2004 memorandum of association for Malta company Frankef Is Delia stalling on the FIAU investigation? His calls last week for an investigation into falsified signatures appear to have no link to the actual money laundering suspicions related to the London property owners he acted for Freedom Day on Brexit weekend! Bernardette Mercieca Spiteri The bare bones of our distant past INTERVIEW 14-15 Don't forget to set your clocks forward! Malta in the EU, the UK out, and oh... the irony PGS 10-11