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JURGEN BALZAN DESPITE the manifest reluctance by all political parties to take a stand on euthanasia, ALS sufferer Joe Magro's request to have the delicate subject discussed in Parlia- ment will soon be satisfied. Speaker Anglu Farrugia told MaltaToday that govern- ment whip and chairman of the social affairs committee Godfrey Farrugia will contact Magro to have the issue discussed in Parliament. In comments to MaltaToday, Godfrey Farrugia said "it is my intention to call the Permanent Committee of Fam- ily Affairs to discuss this request by a fellow citizen in the immediate weeks before the summer recess." Parliament is expected to go into summer recess in the third week of July. Godfrey Farrugia added that he would convene a joint meeting which will see the issue discussed by the social affairs committee, the health committee and the family committee. "A conjoint committee may be called to address the is- sue after hearing the request by the fellow citizen. Owner- ship on the subject is at present within the Family Affairs Committee and I am ready to for- ward the proposition for a conjoint committee evaluation," he said. ACTOR Alan Montanaro has been severely rebuked and warned by the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations after failing to provide a transparent financial system for donations received by his Drama Outreach Project, and over the offensive choice of words he used to refer to the impoverished Cambodian children his organisation was supposed to be helping. Popularly known as the raucous Christ- mas panto dame, Montanaro had a differ- ent side revealed to him when Commission- er Kenneth Wain chastised him for using offensive language to describe the children that his Drama Outreach Programme was helping. Montanaro was reported for taking spon- sorships of €275 for each child without providing proper invoices or documents to sponsors to verif y receipt and how this money was used. Drama Outreach Project, of which Mon- tanaro is its president, organises visits to Cambodia every summer for Maltese volunteers to help out deprived children. Newspaper post SUNDAY • 19 JUNE 2016 • ISSUE 867� • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY SUNDAY • SUNDAY • 19 JUNE 2016 • ISSUE 867� 19 JUNE 2016 • ISSUE 867� • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday The morning after... a historic demand from women to take control of their bodies JOSANNE CASSAR Cambodia every summer PAGE 4 YOUR FIRST READ AND FIRST CLICK OF THE DAY WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT A debate on women's reproductive rights begins, and the bishops say no... PAGE 10 Serious rebuke for actor who mocked Cambodian kids his charity was helping Panto dame's cruel and insensitive Whatsapp remarks earn Commissioner's rebuke, as Cambodian charity's financial shortcomings are revealed Cruel and offensive: Commissioner Kenneth Wain said the description by Alan Montanaro (above) of impoverished children as 'window washers' and 'kidney donors' called into question the motive behind his charity Euthanasia set for committee debate BREXIT FEARS Businesses fear return of tariffs, and 50% increase in luxury used-car prices 12 13 Human rights lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic interviewed 'It is unrealistic to expect others to conform with your own beliefs and deny them their right to choose' The Church sends out an early salvo against introducing the morning-after pill 14 15 €1.40 23 JOSANNE JOSANNE CASSAR reproductive rights begins, WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT 'It is unrealistic to expect 'It is unrealistic to expect others to conform with your own beliefs and deny them their right to choose' reproductive rights begins, WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT 'It is unrealistic to expect 'It is unrealistic to expect others to conform with your own beliefs and deny them their right to choose' salvo against introducing the 6 7 The morning after... a historic demand from women to take control of their bodies Human rights lawyer Human rights lawyer Lara Dimitrijevic 14 15 1.40