Repubblika president Robert Aquilina took the witness stand presenting a lengthy document, describing the assassination as a “terrorist act ‘
di stampo mafioso’” intended not only to terminate the journalist’s life but also to silence her activism.
The organisation also called for the “desperately urgent” need to address the “extensive mafia infiltration into our country” through “vulnerable” economic activities, as a result of which Malta has become a “dangerous place for people resisting organised crime”.
Repubblika was set up as a result of the journalist’s assassination and thus presenting its observations before the public inquiry was deemed opportune, Aquilina said.