The Malta Independent 9 May 2024, Thursday
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European Central Bank will not comment on charges brought against Edward Scicluna

The European Central Bank said Wednesday that it does not comment on pending legal proceedings, following questions asked about the criminal charges brought against the Governor of the Central Bank of...

latest comment from il Bumbardun, 08/05/2024 14:34: I agree with you. I would also add that inquiries which potentially have a major impact on local national institutions as well as upsetting political peace in our country should only be conducted and left in the hands of experienced senior judges and ideally a team of three with knowledge and a good understanding of finance.
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Robert Abela’s thesis: ‘A judge must be free from political or other pressures’

Anyone is free to change one’s mind, but there is a chasm between what Robert Abela wrote as a law student in his thesis more than 20 years ago, and what he is practising today. Since...

latest comment from Charles Paul Cilia, 08/05/2024 13:45: Maybe, perhaps, could be, possible, not obvius................the fact remains that for personal and Muscat's insistance he is blatently interfering with the justice system contrary to what he stressed in his Thesis earning him a Doctor of Law degree.
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‘I have always fulfilled my duties with correctness and integrity,’ Chris Fearne says

Deputy Prime Minister and EU funds minister Chris Fearne said Wednesday that he has always fulfilled his duties with the “greatest correctness and integrity and have certainly never come close...

latest comment from Anonimu Malti, 08/05/2024 16:07: Successful fil Gideb li gideb fuq il vaccin tal Covid fuq id deputati Nazzjonalisti u baqa ma ppublika lanqas isem wiehed ax gideb bhal ma gideb """ THIS IS THE REAL DEAL""" 🤝
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Updated: President amends statement, says judiciary must be allowed to work 'serenely'

In what appears to be a hidden suggestion not easily decipherable, President Myriam Spiteri Debono said Wednesday that legal remedies exist if legal processes are in some way vitiated. The...

latest comment from Cilia Debono Emanuel, 08/05/2024 15:08: In my opinion 'razan u kawtela' ( restraint and prudence ) is the more appropriate rendering . Her Excellency rightly appeals for prudence . At the same time legal avenues should be explored with the object of preventing undesirable escalation whilst at the same time applying the rule of law consistently and without fear or favour. Persona who occupy (or had occupied) key offices and persons wielding power in the State are neither exempt from the rule of law nor are they above the law, The attacks on the judiciary are dangerous, unwarranted and unprecedented.
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ADPD says intimidation of magistrates must stop immediately

The continuous irresponsible and rabble rousing speeches by the Prime Minister and even by Labour Party candidates, such as during a debate at MCAST yesterday, must stop immediately, ADPD-The Green...

latest comment from C Xerri, 08/05/2024 12:31: "ADPD says intimidation of magistrates must stop immediately" Wonder if the ADPD could provide us with a similar statement when the criticism, termed as intimidation, did not come from a Labour source, but from other sources!!!!!!
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Former chief justice Said Pullicino defends under-fire magistrate

Former Chief Justice and Ombudsman Joseph Said Pullicino has come to the defence of Magistrate Gabriella Vella after she was harshly criticised by Prime Minister Robert Abela over the timing of her...

latest comment from Cilia Debono Emanuel, 08/05/2024 09:58: The attack on Magistrate Gabriella Vella is unjustified and unprecedented. It constitutes a threat ton the Independence of the Judiciary and to the rule of law.
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‘If they weren’t so serious, they’d be laughable’: Muscat’s first reaction to charges against him

Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's first reaction to the charges issued against him was to describe them as being "laughable" if they "weren't so serious." "If they weren't so serious, the...

latest comment from L-argument, 07/05/2024 20:20: The Artful dodger is at it again.But this time Joe is a nobody so things are getting difficult.
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