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maltatoday SUNDAY 26 NOVEMBER 2017 12 News Management Efficiency Unit Call for Applications for: Consultant (Jobsplus Permit No 633/2017) Senior Associate Consultant (Jobsplus Permit No 629/2017) Associate Consultant (Jobsplus Permit No 631/2017) Research Analyst (Jobsplus Permit No 630/2017) The Management Efficiency Unit is seeking to recruit the following: i) Consultant ii) Senior Associate Consultant iii) Associate Consultant iv) Research Analyst. Further details are available on the Government Gazette of Friday, 24th November 2017 through the following link: https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/Government%20Gazette/Page s/Gazzette-Repository.aspx Applications, supported by the necessary documentation, as detailed in the mentioned edition of the Government Gazette, are to reach the Management Efficiency Unit, MCE Building Level 1, Triq l-Industrija, Qormi QRM 3000 by hand or by post, through electronic mail on info.meu.opm@gov.mt or through the Government Recruitment Portal on http://recruitment.gov.mt, by not later than noon of Monday, 11th December 2017. Office of the Prime Minister tel. 22981449 info.meu.opm@gov.mt MATTHEW AGIUS A tenant evicted from his house is planning to take his case to the Euro- pean Court of Human Rights, claim- ing he was denied the right to a fair hearing. Cecil Jones lost a court case and an appeal demanding his eviction from the house formerly rented to his late mother. Jones says a provisional measure to stop the eviction, after he filed a con- stitutional case, was lifted on the eve of the eviction without his having the opportunity of a fair hearing. Jones lost the appeal on the eviction in August 2016, prompting his legal aid lawyer to request a rehearing of the appeal as well as a suspension of the eviction, until the rehearing is de- cided. Both requests were heard by the Court of Appeal on 30 January 2017, but the request to suspend the evic- tion was rejected from the outset. The request for the retrial was ad- journed to 4 December 2017. So Jones next filed a Constitutional application, arguing that the three judges who decided the appeal – where they confirmed the decision to proceed with the eviction – were the same ones who refused to sus- pend the eviction during the retrial request. Jones argued that this constituted a violation of his right to fair hearing, and once again requested a provi- sional measure to stop any action that could violate his human rights until the court takes its decision – namely, to stop the eviction once again. This provisional measure was actu- ally issued by a civil court in its con- stitutional jurisdiction on 29 May. But to Jones's dismay, both the war- rant of eviction as well as the rehear- ing of his appeal, carried on regard- less of the constitutional case. Indeed on 3 July, the Court of Ap- peal that was hearing Jones's request for a retrial went ahead with the evic- tion, and even questioned why the civil court judged had issued the stay on the eviction without hearing all parties. The following morning, court mar- shals and police went to Jones's home to execute the eviction warrant, ac- companied by his landlord Charles Grech. Jones argued through his lawyer that a judge had already issued a stay on the eviction pending the outcome of his constitutional case. But that day he found out that that same pro- visional measure was removed by the same judge on the eve of the eviction in a fresh decree. Jones argues that the new court or- der was given without him being giv- en the opportunity to defend himself. In fact, a note in the proceedings reveals that the judge who first issued the provisional measure, removed it "without any request, without any hearing and without Jones being given an opportunity to defend his position." A renewed effort by Jones to stop the eviction once again proved un- successful. As things stand, Jones is now ask- ing for a retrial of the appeal. His landlord, Charles Grech, claims Jones never lived in the house ex- cept after the death of his mother. The landlord in fact said the house was left abandoned for five years prior to her death, after an ARMS representative testified that the water meter had been marked "stopped meter" for five years. The court concluded that the landlord was right in claiming the property was abandoned, as it was impossible for anyone to reside there without a water supply. Jones insists that "stopped me- ter" does not mean that there was no water supply, but that ARMS could not take the reading from the meter either because it was not working properly, or because the meter was too old for ARMS offi- cials to take a reading. An inquiry answered by email from ARMS confirmed that the expression "stopped meter" ('E') meant that the meter was malfunctioning and had nothing to do with payment of dues. magius@mediatoday.com.mt Evicted tenant claims breach of human rights Cecil Jones claims he was not given a fair hearing when a stay on his eviction was lifted without prior notice Televangelist Manché in failed attempt to stop TV satirical send-up PASTOR Gordon John Manché (pictured) has failed in an attempt to stop producers of the show Min Imissu from including characters based on him and his wife in the satirical programme. The River Of Love pastor and his wife Mariella Blackman, a psy- chologist, took the producers to court, claiming that the Min Im- issu live comedy, due to be staged this weekend, featured two char- acters, Jordan and Tariella White- man, which were meant to ridi- cule the real-life couple. The court, presided by Mag- istrate Anthony Ellul, saw that Manché had been producing re- ligious programmes on television which freely expressed his opin- ions on homosexuality. These ide- as had been controversial, which led to the Min Imissu producers basing the comical characters on Manché and his wife. There had to be a balance be- tween preserving a person's hon- our and dignity, and the right to freedom of expression, the court said. One had to respect others' creative talents, and the contribu- tion which these types of shows gave to society, the court main- tained. Moreover, Manché's wife was also a public person, it said. While Manché had the right to his personal beliefs, the court did not deem it necessary to issue an inhibition mandate to stop the show from going forward with the characters mentioned included, and thus decided that the show could go ahead with the White- man characters included. Russian sailor injured off Zonqor A 47-year-old Russian national was on Friday injured as he was tying a mooring line, which, for some reason got wrapped around him, causing him to get caught in the mooring rope ma- chine, which pulls the rope. Police were informed that on Friday evening at around 7:30pm, a man had been hurt while on a ship 9.7 nautical miles from Zonqor Point, Mar- saskala. The man was taken to Mater Dei Hospital by helicopter, and was later certified to have sus- tained serious injuries. Duty magistrate Yana Micallef Stafrace, who was informed of the case, ordered an investiga- tion and appointed various ex- perts to assist investigations. Police investigations are ongo- ing.