A committee of inquiry in Malta has investigated the death of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
She was killed in 2017.
Well there is a result
Valletta - In the case of the murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, a public inquiry committee has made serious allegations against the Maltese government.
This failed to protect the blogger from dangers to her life, as the report published on Thursday revealed.
Among other things, the committee came to the conclusion that a “culture of impunity” had developed in the upper echelons of the Maltese government in the years up to 2017, when she was killed.
This culture has spread to other parts of the state, such as the police.
It ultimately led to a "breakdown in the rule of law," the report said.
Caruana Galizia was killed by a car bomb explosion in October 2017.
A wealthy businessman was accused of masterminding the murder.
The investigative journalist had researched a deal about a power plant in which he is said to have been involved.
The public inquiry into the murder of Caruana Galizia started in June 2019 under pressure from the EU. In 93 hearings, three judges heard 120 witnesses. In the final report, the committee found abundant evidence of a snug relationship between the government of Malta and the business world. When Caruana Galizia uncovered the foreign transactions of top politicians in the course of the publication of the so-called Panama Papers in 2016, the risks for her life increased sharply. dpa
