PN leader requests parliament to postpone recess to discuss motion on independent inquiry into Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder
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Opposition leader Adrian Delia has written to the Prime Minister, saying parliament should postpone its summer recess so that it can discuss and approve a motion for an independent inquiry to be held into the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela said the government would honour a Council of Europe recommendation to launch a public inquiry into the journalist’s murder within a three-month timeframe.
In his letter to the PM, a copy of which was sent to the press, Delia pointed out that there have been numerous calls for a public inquiry, including by the Venice Commission and the Caruana Galizia family. Delia noted that, in 2018 he had also presented a motion calling for a Board of Inquiry to be set up. The aim of this inquiry would be to see whether the authorities were aware of any risk to the journalist’s life and whether adequate measures were taken to prevent the murder.
Instead of approving the motion, the government had amended it into one that discarded the idea of an inquiry and boasted about the government’s efforts, Delia said.
