The Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigation will not be closed when the prime minister says so, but when the whole truth is outed and all involved are held to account, including individuals who tried to obscure the facts and stage a cover-up, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech said on Sunday.
Speaking at a political activity in Żabbar, Grech said this was a week of “shocking” revelations that once again exposed the ties between the Labour government and the circles of criminality in the country.
Referring to the implication of former minister Chris Cardona in an aborted 2015 plot to assassinate journalist Caruana Galizia, Grech said it was “impossible not to be shocked” and that while he hoped the allegation wasn t true, Prime Minister Robert Abela could not rush to announce that the whole truth had been outed.
It has been a tumultuous week for the investigation into the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Ivan Martin traces through the twists and turns.
Monday
Early on Monday morning, a cabinet meeting was held at the office of the prime minister.
During the confidential meeting, ministers were given details of a deal that had been hashed out between a lawyer representing one of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s alleged assassins and the authorities.
According to advice from the State Prosecutor’s office and the police chief, ministers were told Vincent Muscat, known as il-Koħħu, was to plead guilty to his role in the 2017 murder of the journalist. He would provide police with evidence on other players in the crime in exchange for a reduced sentence.
Tuesday’s arrests have exposed a network of men believed to have ordered, planned, facilitated and executed the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
At the top of the pyramid sits business tycoon Yorgen Fenech, who stands charged with having ordered the killing of the prominent journalist in October 2017.
Fenech, one of the richest men on the island, is a principal investor in the Electrogas power station project and was exposed as the hidden owner of secret offshore company 17 Black, a suspected vehicle for kickbacks to senior politicians.
Caruana Galizia was probing Fenech’s business dealings at the time of her death; however, it is still not excluded that there may have been more than one mastermind behind the assassination.
Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech said that Prime Minister Robert Abela is rushing to close the case into Daphne Caruana Galizia s murder in light of revelations that ex-Minister Chris Cardona was name-dropped by Vince Muscat has having commissioned a failed plot into her murder. The case doesn t close when you says so - it clsoes when the truth comes out. Full justice needs to be served against all those involved in the crime, including those who may have tried to hide the truth or stop the truth from coming out, he said at a political activity on Sunday.
Grech referred to a report by the Times of Malta, which indicated that ex-Minister Chris Cardona was name-dropped by Vincent Muscat as having commissioned a failed plot into Caruana Galizia s murder.
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