[WATCH] Labour faces its guilty verdict in House debate on Caruana Galizia inquiry
Parliament debates outcome of Caruana Galizia public inquiry as Opposition accuses Labour side of responsibility for assassination
30 July 2021, 10:38am
by Nicole Meilak
A parliamentary debate centred around the public inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia took place this morning, with MPs discussing the conclusions of the report published on Thursday.
The discussion kicked off at 9:15am, with Prime Minister Robert Abela giving the first address. He spoke about the need for dialogue, but ultimately defended the raft of reforms implemented under his administration. The way the State functions today isn t even recognisable from how it was in January 2020, he said. The State that the inquiry evaluated works completely different today.
Repubblika files judicial protest against Speaker after being denied access to parliament
Repubblika files judicial protest after being denied access to the Strangers’ Gallery at Parliament, saying the pandemic was a weak excuse to deny citizens their right to observe debates
30 July 2021, 10:30am
by Matthew Agius
Civil society NGO Repubblika has filed a judicial protest in anticipation of being denied access to the Strangers’ Gallery at Parliament this morning.
The judicial protest, filed against Speaker of the House Anglu Farrugia and Clerk of the House Raymond Scicluna and signed by lawyers Paul Borg Olivier and Eve Borg Costanzi, argues that the pandemic was a “weak excuse” to deny citizens their right to observe the debates and legislative process in person.