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Pardons are not a Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card
Ultimately, everybody wants the full truth surrounding Caruana Galizia’s murder to come out. So every effort must be made to unearth every stone that may in some way be linked to this crime
21 April 2021, 7:36am
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Cabinet this week rejected requests for a Presidential Pardon made by brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, and Vince Muscat - the three main triggermen, accused of murdering journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in October 2017 - after advice given by the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner.
A terse statement, that lacked any tangible justification of the decision, explained that: “Cabinet’s decision is not only based on the advice given by the relevant institutions, but is also in the best interest of the country and justice.”
Cabinet rejects pardon requests by Degiorgio brothers and Vince Muscat
Cabinet has rejected requests for presidential pardons by murder suspects Alfred and George Degiorgio and self-confessed murderer Vince Muscat • Minister Carmelo Abela recuses himself
19 April 2021, 11:37am
by Kurt Sansone
(From left to right) Vince Muscat, George Degiorgio and Alfred Degiorgio requested presidential pardons to reveal information they had on various crimes. The Degiorgio brothers claimed to have direct knowledge on the involvement of a former minister in the Daphne murder and the failed 2010 HSBC heist, and the the involvement of a sitting minister in that same heist
Cabinet has rejected pardon requests made by brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, and Vince Muscat after advice given by the Attorney General and the Police Commissioner.
Community policing will be extended to nine new localities in an attempt to give residents a more direct connection to their police officers, home affairs minister Byron Camilleri has announced.
The scheme, which began as a pilot project in Mellieħa two years ago, is already in place in 12 areas.
Announcing the latest extension, Camilleri said the project aims to be nationwide by 2023.
The new areas are: St Julian’s, Vittoriosa, Senglea, Cospicua, Kalkara, Ħamrun, St Venera and Tarxien.
“These localities have their own peculiar challenges, like St Julian’s, for example, Camilleri said.
“There’s Paceville, an entertainment mecca, the variety of people who visit the locality as well as live in it, and the number of restaurants and bars make it more challenging to police,” he said.
Azzopardi claims frame-up of tax official by civil service head and former police chief
In House speech, Jason Azzopardi claims Mario Cutajar had tax official arrested to force him to resign post, with connivance of former police chief
2 March 2021, 7:18pm
by Nicole Meilak
Jason Azzopardi claims that (from top to bottom) Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar, former police commissioner Peter Paul Zammit and Robert Abela were involved in framing a tax official back in April 2013
The Nationalist MP Jason Azzopardi has alleged a frame-up of a former tax official, by none other than the Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar and ex-Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit.