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MASSIMO COSTA THE Prime Minister wants to prevent the publication of the Egrant report, despite making it seem that he wants to publish the full inquiry, Adrian Delia said. The Nationalist Party leader said that, had Joseph Muscat really wanted to publish the full report, he would have al- ready done so. Delia, who was speak- ing during an interview on Net FM yesterday, reiter- ated the accusation he made yesterday that the Attorney General was helping gov- ernment ministers to avoid testifying about the Egrant inquiry. On Friday, Delia filed his reply to a court application filed by ministers Edward Scicluna, Konrad Mizzi and Chris Cardona in which they requested the revocation of a Constitutional Court decree, issued in July, ordering them to testify in court on how they had access to a quote found in the unpublished full report which did not appear in the conclusions that were made public. The ministers were due to give testimony next week. "As soon as summer was over, the ministers filed an application requesting the revocation of the court or- der for them to testify," Delia said, "The AG, who should be interested in the truth emerging, was instead quick to come to their assistance for the truth to be hidden. They don't want the Egrant report published." "I am telling the Prime Min- ister: it is not true you want to publish the Egrant report. If you wanted to publish it, you would have done so. The AG said there is no impediment to publishing it. But, instead, he gave it to the Prime Minis- ter and the Prime Minister's wife, lawyers, his office, the Police Commissioner, mem- bers of the police force, and evidently, to these three min- isters, who are refusing to give testimony next Monday, despite a court order." Delia said his party would keep fighting in court for the truth to come to light and the full report to be published. Caruana Galizia assassination As the second anniversary of Daphne Caruana Galizia's murder approaches, Delia said that, with each passing year, the government's short- comings kept dealing blow after blow to the emergence of the truth. "In the coming years, we'll be commemorating two years since the assassination of a person, first and foremost… of a mother, a woman and a journalist. […] The murder of an investigative journal- ist - who spoke vociferously on various things, although I am not one to speculate - is meant to silence the truth. It is clear her assassination was an attempt to hide and kill the truth. And the govern- ment's shortcoming in find- ing the truth keeps killing the truth more and more each year," he said. "Regardless of whether we agreed with her, she didn't deserve to be killed in such a barbaric way. We have the obligation to fight for a jour- nalist's right to express her- self. "Let us do all we can in Par- liament and in our court to find out the whole truth and to find the mandators… for the people to know, and for justice to take place." On the public inquiry an- nounced by the government into her murder, Delia said that the three people the gov- ernment had chosen to be on the inquiry's board have only served to plant doubts about their suitability. "I appeal to the government - we cannot get it wrong, we need to get this right - we need to show the world there is still democracy in Malta," the PN leader highlighted. MASSIMO COSTA EVANGELICAL pastor Gor- don-John Manché has avoided answering questions on how much money followers of his Nations for Christ church pay him in donations, saying the amounts were "irrelevant". Manché was one of the guests on Radju Malta's Għandi Xi Ngħid yesterday, presented by University of Malta academic Andrew Azzopardi. Manché, whose organisation's revenue is partially supported by tithes– donations of 10% of one's salary, in accordance with an ancient biblical belief – in- sisted that all payments to his organisation were subjected to a public audit. Nations for Christ, which in- cludes the evangelical fellow- ship River of Love, has been criticised in the past for failing to submit its accounts to the Commissioner for NGOs, while Manché has courted controver- sy for alleged "gay conversion" claims. Asked by Azzopardi how he made a living, Manché said he received a stipend which was similar to an average salary. But he would not supply a figure for the donations he is given, but said the information was avail- able through audits submitted to the Voluntary Organisation Commission. "I have a stipend like priests have. Hello? Isn't it obvious. How do priests live?" the pastor said. "How much is your stipend?" Azzopardi queried. "It's irrelevant. You can check with the audits office […] It's a normal pay." Manché acknowledged that members with higher incomes – such as those owning a busi- ness – were expected to donate higher amounts. "The scripture says that those who have a lot are expected to give more." He, however, also said that he didn't "keep tabs on who donates and who doesn't", and that no money ever went to him directly, but was kept in a fund pool. He also appeared to con- firm that, while he was only a "preacher" and didn't seek to control people's minds, he did influence his followers when it came to major decisions in their lives, such as deciding on whom to marry. When Azzopardi asked why anyone would need to con- sult him before getting mar- ried, Manché said that this was necessary if the marriage took place within his church. "Because Christ said marriage happens in the context of the Church. You can choose not to get married in the Church if you don't want to… there's civil marriage. These things are common sense." 4 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 13 OCTOBER 2019 NEWS On Radju Malta, preacher refuses to disclose amounts followers pay in 'tithes' POST OF HIGHER CLERICAL OFFICER AT THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Jobsplus Perm. No. 694/2019) The Office of the Attorney General Agency is inviting applications to fill a post of Higher Clerical Officer. The selected candidate will be employed on a full-time basis and will be required to work for a minimum of forty hours per week. Applicants must be in possession of a Diploma preferably in Management or Legal Studies at MQF Level 5. Letters of application, including a detailed CV, should be addressed to: Human Resources (Jobsplus Permit 694/2019) Office of the Attorney General, The Palace, St. Georges Square, Valletta or by email to: ag@gov.mt Applications should be submitted by not later than Friday, 18th October 2019. 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