Valletta, Malta: Independent investigation of the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s investigative journalist released on Thursday has found that the Malta State “must bear responsibility” for murder because of the culture of impunity from the highest level of government.
Caruana Galizia’s family looked for questions to car bombings October 16, 2017 near family homes in Malta.
The murder in the small EU country sent by Shockwaves was not only in Malta, but throughout Europe.
Demand found that there was no evidence that the state played a direct role in the killing, but said the state “must bear the responsibility by creating an atmosphere of impunity, resulting from the highest level in the heart of the administration (the prime) of the ministerial office) and, such as octopus, spread to other entities , such as the supervisory and police authority, which leads to the collapse of the rule of law.
“The report said the country and entity failed to recognize the real risk of Caruana Galizia’s life, given the threat he had lived, and also failed to take steps to avoid risk, the report Found.
The Caruana Galizia family said in a statement that the investigation findings confirmed family beliefs “that his murder was a direct result of the collapse of the legal rules and impunity given by the state to the corrupt network he reported.” “We hope that his findings will lead to the recovery of the supremacy of law in Malta,” added the family.
Yorgen Fenech, a leading businessman who has a relationship with several government officials, allegedly by the prosecutor has become the mastermind mastermind.
He had claimed he was innocent on alleged alleged involvement in murder and allegedly regulating and financing bombings.
In addition, three men had been charged with carrying out the attack, two by providing explosives and others by becoming an intermediary.
Trials are ongoing.
One of those charged with carrying out attacks had recognized his role, as did an intermediary.
Joseph Muscat, former Malta Prime Minister, resigned at the end of 2019 after an urgent protest for the truth about the murder of the investigation journalist, whose report targets the muscat government but also opposition.
In a statement on Facebook, Muscat tried to distance his government from the “state of impunity” mentioned in the report.
He noted that the arrest of the alleged Hitmen in two months and the alleged mastermind a few months later “denied all the impressions of the impunity possessed by the perpetrators.” And he pointed to the finger in the previous administration “, where he said” high profile crime is committed, but Nothing is required.
” Request reports make a number of recommendations to increase the law and protect journalists better at Malta.
During a press conference, Prime Minister Robert Abela, who served last year, apologized to Caruana Galizia’s family for the “serious deficiency” of the country.
He said earlier that lessons must be taken from the report and reform need to be pursued “with a bigger determination.”