Malta: Watch: Abela did not recuse himself on hitman’s pardon

Prime Minister Robert Abela did not recuse himself when cabinet decided on a request for presidential pardon filed by one of the three alleged hitmen in the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

Vince Muscat known as il-Koħħu, who along with the brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, is facing charges of planting and detonating the bomb which killed Caruana Galizia, had formally filed a request for pardon in exchange for information in December 2019. Muscat had given detailed information about the murder and other major crimes to the investigators.

source Newsbook

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