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6 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 21 MAY 2023 NEWS By means of a decree of the 12 th December, 2022, handed down by the court of Magistrates (Malta) in the records of the judicial le?er number 2668/2022 in the names Joseph Cachia et vs Kyrylo Lemishe, the following publicaIon was ordered for the purpose of effecIng service on the respondent Kyrylo Lemishe in terms of ArIcle 187(3) of Cap. 12. In the Court of Magistrates (Malta) Today 17 th August, 2022 To Kyrylo Lemish, of 56, Nido, Bir ir-Riebu, Rabat, Malta By the present, Joseph Cachia (ID 146275M), Kevin Cachia (ID 490176M) and Michelina Cachia (ID 821749M) whilst bringing the following to your formal cognisance: 1. That the interpellants are the proprietors of the property at address 9, Sqaq il-Qasir, Siggiewi which property had been rented to you in terms of a lease agreement dated 15 th October 2021; 2. That in terms of the same contract, you were and sIll are a debtor of the interpellants in the amount of €2534 represenIng rent arrears and also in addiIon the relaIve interests in terms of law; 3. That you recognized such debt and in fact, by means of a private wriIng dated 16 th January, 2022, signed by yourself, you agreed to vacate the property and also to se?le the above menIoned amount whilst the interpellants were to keep movables belonging to yourself as guarantee for such payment; 4. That notwithstanding the above you have Ill today and that is 7 months from the agreement above menIoned, you failed to pay the amount due by you whilst the interpellants are sIll in possession of your movables in terms of the above private wriIng; Therefore, by this present judicial le?er, the interpellants are calling upon you to effect the said payment of €2534 immediately over and above the payment of the relaIve interests and expenses of the present judicial le?er. The interpellants are also in terms of Art 1130 of the Civil Code placing you in default. The interpellants are thus reserving all their rights to that, failing payment in full within one week from the date of noIficaIon of this judicial le?er, they will proceed to dispose of your movable belongings, saving and without prejudice to their rights in terms of law and in terms of the above menIoned private wriIngs, including in connecIon with any remaining balance sIll due by yourself. Be guided accordingly With expenses Registry of the Court of Magistrates (Malta), today 12 th May, 2023 Alexandra Debacsta For the Registrar, Civil Courts and Tribunals JAMES DEBONO THE Labour and Nationalist par- ties received no donations that required disclosure in 2020, apart from a single contribution made by Bernard Grech to his own par- ty. The information comes from the donation reports filed with the Electoral Commission and published on its website last week. The reports are for 2020 but were only published now by the com- mission. Grech's donation of €14,973 to the PN consisted of unspent funds collected during his campaign for the party leadership in 2020. The amount had already been declared in an audit of campaign funds that Grech published at the time. Apart from this donation, the PN received no other contribu- tion above the €7,000 transparen- cy limit, which according to law must be disclosed publicly. Even the Labour Party did not receive one single donation exceeding €7,000. This was the second year run- ning that both parties did not re- ceive donations above €7,000. In 2019, a year that coincided with MEP and local elections, no do- nations above the limit were re- ceived. By law parties are only obliged to publish the source of donations above the €7,000 threshold, while donations above €25,000 from a single source are illegal. The PL received €1.35 million in donations in 2020, an increase from €1.12 million a year earlier. The PN received €1.06 million down from €1.6 million in 2019. Both major parties declared a considerable amount of money from individuals and companies whose donations exceeded €500 but stayed below €7,000, meaning the source will only be known to the Electoral Commission but not to the public. The PN declared 171 donations between €500 and €7,000 which netted €316,730, while the PL de- clared 334 donations that resulted in €783,464. This means that while the PN received an average donation of €1,852 from its 171 'big' donors, the PL received an average dona- tion of €2,345 from its 334 'big' donors. Labour also received €569,349 from 29,193 donations under €500. Labour's report does not include any donations under €50 received during public manifestations. The PN received €566,997 from 35,613 donations of under €50 made during public manifesta- tions and 843 donations of be- tween €50 and €500 which netted a further €163,005. While the 2020 and 2019 do- nation reports listed no donors above the €7,000 limit (except Grech's PN donation), the reports covering 2016, 2017 and 2018 had identified several donations over the limit. Corporate donations were most prominent in reports issued in 2016 when the PL had collected €93,000 in donations above the threshold. These donors were At- tard Bros and Eurocraft (€10,000 each), €20,000 from Sea View & Sons, €10,000 from Camland, GAP Holdings, Hal Mann, and BV Formosa, and €13,000 from the Marsaxlokk Labour Party club. The PN had at the time received a single donation of €18,000 from the late Nationalist MP Anthony Abela. In 2017, the Labour Party had re- ceived two donations over the the limit: €15,000 from Marlene Gauci and one of €10,000 from Tarcisio Galea Properties, a corporate enti- ty. The Nationalist Party received a €10,320 donation from Sam Ab- ela – Anthony Abela's son. In 2018, the PL had received €25,000 from Sensiela Kotba Soc- jalisti, the PL's publishing house, and €10,000 from the Ħamrun Labour Party Club. The PN man- aged to get a €10,100 donation from Sam Abela. PL surplus, PN deficit in COVID year Meanwhile, the Electoral Com- mission also published on its web- site the parties' accounts for 2020. They show the Labour Party registering a €297,603 surplus, reversing a €774,061 deficit regis- tered in 2019. The accounts show that the par- ty had an income of €1.6 million and spent €1.3 million. The report also indicates a sharp increase in the value of the PL's current assets from €22.2 million in 2019 to €39.2 million in 2020. The major change was the PL's investment in its controlled en- tities which includes clubs and branches, the value of which in- creased from €12.5 million to €26.2 million. The PL's liabilities amounted to €4.5 million, up from €3.9 million in 2019. These included borrow- ing of around €3 million. The published accounts for the Nationalist Party show the party registering a €526,649 deficit in 2020. The deficit is mainly the re- sult of an impairment of €644,409 on amounts advanced to its con- trolled entities like Medialink. In fact, in the absence of this impair- ment the party would have regis- tered a surplus of €128,202. The accounts show that the par- ty had an income of €1.5 million and an expenditure of €1.4 mil- lion. The party's assets included €15.8 million in property and invest- ments. Its total liabilities amount- ed to €10.8 million up from €9.8 million in 2019. These include borrowings amounting to €9.7 million, up from €8.8 million in the previous year. PN declared €15,000 donation from Bernard Grech Political parties are obliged by law to declare donations over €7,000. But for the second year in a row, PL and PN donation reports do not mention any single corporate donor, while the PN declared a donation made by Bernard Grech after being elected leader PN leader Bernard Grech (above) and Prime Minister Robert Abela (right) manning the phones during their parties' fundraising marathons