Council of Europe warns Maltese government to stop delaying reforms for justice and rule of law
“Despite new laws, new officials and even a few arrests, no-one has been prosecuted – it is as simple as that”
9 December 2020
The government does not intend to address loopholes that render key parts of rule of law legislation passed through parliament last summer impotent, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Council of Europe’s Special Rapporteur Pieter Omtzigt.
Omtzigt’s final report into Malta’s rule of law reforms concluded that the government’s reform programme and justice for assassinated journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia remain “unsatisfactory” overall.