Malta: Government threatens veto over migrant sharing deal

Malta Today reveals that the government is threatening to veto the appointment of the commander nominated to run Operation Irini unless EU countries burden-sharing of migrants kept on tourist boats on Hurds Bank.

The paper quotes Opposition Justice spokesperson Jason Azzopardi that a reduction of a prison sentence to a former prosecutor charged with money laundering constitutes a ‘judicial scandal’ and called for an investigation by the Commission for the Administration of Justice.

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