TV presenter Peppi Azzopardi said this afternoon he accepted to take part in the media ethics commission set up by the Labour Party because the commission's work was positive, independently from the positive consequences it could have had for the Labour Party.

In a statement replying to a letter issued yesterday by the other members of the commission, in which they denied a claim by Mr Azzopardi that he had trained Super One employees during two seminars, Mr Azzopardi said the commission's work had been intended to strengthen the work of journalists, producers and presenters making them more credible with the public.

This, Mr Azzopardi said, probably meant a bigger audience for the PL's media. He said that his commitment and that of the other members in the commission was major as they spent whole weeks at the PL headquarters drawing up an extensive code covering the party's different media.

As part of the work it was decided to hold a two-day seminar for journalists. The seminar, Mr Azzopardi said, was organised by Carmen Sammut and himself.

During the seminar, he held team building workshops and participated fully and continuously.

He said that some people might not have accepted going into such a task as it might have put the PL in an advantage. However, he accepted because he believed the work would lead the PL's media to be more ethical.

The commission's work in itself was positive, independently from the positive consequences it could have had for the Labour Party, Mr Azzopardi said.