Mark Camilleri, beholder of ‘a brown Marxist ass’, is Labour’s abrasive conscience
Mark Camilleri has a lot of sharp corners, but his social contribution far outstrips the inelegance of an online tiff with a criminal defence lawyer
17 December 2020, 9:08am
by Matthew Vella
It beggars belief as to how a foul-mouthed social media exchange could warrant instant resignation from the public service, when for years the Labour government resisted sacking the men caught operating a secret offshore network of private companies.
Mark Camilleri – self-confessed beholder of a “brown Marxist ass” – was installed by the Labour government of 2013 in the position of executive chair of the National Book Council after leading a successful anti-censorship campaign in the preceding years.
Updated 12.45pm, adds Graffitti statement
National Book Chairman Mark Camilleri has apologised for his foul language on social media and has had his calls to resign removed after a conversation with the education minister, he said.
Camilleri had resisted the ministry s request for him to resign over a row with Juliette Galea, a lawyer for the businessman accused of conspiring to murder journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Galea had messaged him a link to an article about Yorgen Fenech s request for the public inquiry into the murder to be shut down. After a brief exchange in which she described him as stupid , he told her to kiss my glorious brown, Marxist ass.
Book council head told to resign over online tiff with Yorgen Fenech lawyer
Book council president Mark Camilleri asked to resign by education permanent secretary Frank Fabri, over Facebook spat with Yorgen Fenech lawyer Juliette Galea
16 December 2020, 7:50pm
by Karl Azzopardi
Updated at 8:05 pm with Frank Fabri comments
The executive chairperson of the National Book Council, Mark Camilleri, has been asked to resign from his position following a Facebook post calling out one of Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers.
The incident kicked off when Juliette Galea, one of Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers, sent Camilleri a private Facebook message with a link to a Malta Independent article on a letter filed by the defence team to the Council of Europe rapporteur on rule of law, Pieter Omtzigt.
Outspoken Malta Book Council chairman Mark Camilleri has been asked to resign by the Education Ministry after uploading a tense exchange with one of murder suspect Yorgen Fenech’s lawyers.
Permanent Secretary Frank Fabri emailed Camilleri on Wednesday evening, telling Camilleri he expects him step down from his position with immediate effect.
“In light of what you published in the public domain and what has been reported in the media and what is certainly not exemplary to the public and educational sector, I am asking you to consider you position in the National Book Council and resign your post out of your own free will,” Fabri wrote.
Yorgen Fenech legal counsel calls for suspension of Caruana Galizia public inquiry
Fenech s public inquiry defence team are criticising the inquiry proceedings for depriving him of any participatory rights or legal representation
10 December 2020, 4:15pm
by Nicole Meilak
The legal counsel to Yorgen Fenech has written to the Council of Europe calling for the suspension of the public inquiry into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia until its remit is established
Juliette Galea, who is representing Yorgen Fenech in the public inquiry, asks in the correspondence that immediate action be taken to “safeguard the integrity of all ongoing judicial proceedings including the suspension of the operation of the Independent Public Inquiry into the Assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia until its proper remit is established, including its relationship with all ongoing criminal proceedings.”