EP resolution sceptical of presidential pardons in Caruana Galizia murder case A draft text on European Parliament's resolution on rule of law in Malta casts doubts on the appropriateness of granting presidential pardon in exchange for state evidence 26 April 2021, 5:38pm by David Lindsay A draft text of next week’s European Parliament resolution on the rule of law in Malta and the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia casts doubt on the appropriateness of granting presidential pardons for turning state’s evidence on the case. The text, which has been signed off on by all the European Parliament’s political groups but which is still open to amendments, expresses “concerns about the repeated offer and use of presidential pardons in the context of the murder trial” and stresses that “testimonies offered for other crimes should be very carefully assessed and should not be used to evade full justice for murder”.