Council of Europe raises concerns on public inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder

Concerns flagged by a Council of Europe rapporteur about a public inquiry into the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia should be tackled “as a matter of urgency”, a committee within the Council’s parliamentary assembly has said, according to reports in the Maltese Media.

The Times reports that a declaration published on Monday, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights said that it endorsed the views of Peter Omtzigt and invited the Maltese government to address the concerns about the inquiry he had flagged.

The committee is made up of 89 MPs from the Council of Europe’s various member states. It is one of nine committees within the Council’s parliamentary assembly, which is made up of more than 300 members from 47 member states.

Meanwhile, The Malta Independent reports that the Government in a statement said that the declaration made by the Council of Europe rapporteur Pieter Omzigt.  Omzigt has a big problem of credibility, the government said. He was involved to help a false witness in the way he answered questions and infiltrate a meeting which relatives of victims of the MH17 aeroplane crash were taking part. The government can never have confidence in the integrity of a person with such a track record, the statement said.

Times of Malta / Malta Independent