Voluntary organisations are warning the authorities that if they do not withdraw controversial regulations governing fundraising by NGOs, the issue will end up at the Council of Europe.
The warning was sounded on Thursday by an action group led by five organisations that are calling on fellow NGOs to continue collecting public funds without applying for a permit to do so.
“We will protect those who are penalised for following our directive,” Robert Aquilina, from
Repubblika, told a press conference.
“Additionally, since the basis of the new legal notices is intrinsically wrong and a serious threat for the voluntary sector, if the authorities do not immediately withdraw the notice, we will inform the Council of Europe.”
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Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination three-and-a-half years ago tomorrow was commemorated on Friday evening with Mass at her home town in Bidnija followed by a virtual vigil.
President Robert Aquilina warned that civil society’s patience is limited and “unless decisive action is taken”, people shall once again be called out to protest in the streets.
He stressed the need for justice and said that for the police force to start to be taken seriously, justice had to be done with those who had shamed the uniform, supporting criminals rather than justice.
Reporters Without Borders director Rebecca Vincent and Palermo mayor LeoLuca Orlando, Repubblika s president-elect Alessandra Dee Crespo and Occupy Justice activist Celia Borg Cardona also took part in the vigil.
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Soon after
Times of Malta published details about the people behind the secret company Macbridge, the police commissioner received two letters asking him to investigate.
One was from Prime Minister Robert Abela, referring to what
Times of Malta and Reuters had reported and asking the police chief “to ensure” all allegations were “immediately investigated”, unless that was already happening.
Police Commissioner Angelo Gafà also received a letter from Robert Aquilina, president of civil society movement
Repubblika, recalling that, in April 2018, the media had published an e-mail from Nexia BT’s Karl Cini showing that Macbridge would be forwarding millions of euros to companies owed by Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri.