Gżira mayor and his PL colleague bicker during meeting

A rift between the Gżira mayor and a Labour Party councillor continued to grow during a council meeting last week when the two exchanged harsh words, expressing mutual mistrust.

Conrad Borg Manché and councillor Alexander Calleja Zammit, both elected on the Labour Party ticket, bickered about the latter’s claims that the mayor was ignoring questions about the council’s work.

The showdown followed a judicial protest filed by Calleja Zammit against Borg Manché in which he accused the mayor of breaking the law by failing to answer his questions.

In the protest, Calleja Zammit had raised questions about the purchase of camera equipment, the council’s plans for the elderly residents of Gżira and the mayor’s role as editor of a new council magazine.

During the council meeting on Tuesday, the mayor, clearly displeased by the media attention, told the councillor that the replies to some of his questions had been given in previous meetings when he was not present.

He stressed that minutes were taken during council meetings for a reason and that councillors were expected to read them.

Calleja Zammit noted that he was satisfied with the replies he had been given regarding his questions on...