Repubblika tells police, AG to arraign people ‘involved in corruption’ which led to Daphne assassination

In a vigil held on the fourth anniversary of the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, president of NGO Repubblika Robert Aquilina said that although progress has been made, the police commissioner and attorney general should “arraign those involved in corruption which led to the death of Daphne.”

Caruana Galizia was killed on Monday 16 October 2017 after a bomb planted in the car she was driving exploded. A silent commemoration was held at 3pm yesterday on the site where she was killed.

Justice for Daphne means that there should be prosecutions from what she revealed before she was killed, Aquilina said at the vigil, held in front of the Law Courts in Valletta later.

It is unacceptable that “two and a half months after the publication of the Public Inquiry report, Prime Minister Robert Abela has not done anything concrete about it.”

Aquilina said that the world will judge the Government as it “continues to protect these people and hinder justice from taking place”.

Had Caruana Galizia lived longer, she would have continued to reveal the corrupt acts that certain people were performing, Aquilina said. “We have no doubt that she would have continued to expose the evil and fight it with all the energy she had.”

Pia Zammit, another speaker at the vigil, took aim at the budget slogan that the Government presented, “The Malta we want for our children?”

Zammit said that the country needs to continue to make its voice heard as “the only way that the bad wins is when the good ties his hands, closes his eyes, and leaves everything pass by.”

Ricardo Gutiérrez, General Secretary of the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), said that it is important to remember what Daphne Caruana Galizia represents today.

“Daphne is a symbol. Daphne is a role model for all of us. We will never forget her. She is changing this country in ways that no one would have dared to consider,” he said.

Rebecca Vincent, from Reporters Without Borders said the world is still closely watching what unfolds here in Malta, “and the international community is on your side. You have our support. This fight for justice matters, in a truly historical way, and you should all be proud of the part you have played and continue to play,” she said.