Spoken like a true Chief Justice. Clear in principle, but ambiguous as to where his criticism is directed.
Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti has made a clear condemnation of bad behaviour by the judiciary but has also simultaneously condemned malicious attacks against the judiciary irrespective if they are made by journalists or public officials. I take great offense that I am being lumped up with Labour’s public officials when I have been the most hated public official by other Labour public officials, but ok. I’m a good sport. In simpler terms, what the Chief Justice means is that no one should abuse the judiciary with false stories, and I fully agree, and this is why I had reported that Robert Abela was fraudulently lying about a magistrate to the whole nation.
I too share the Chief Justice’s idea that the law courts are a bastion of democracy and the rule of law and that it is in our interest to defend them and supply them with the resources they need. This is why I am genuinely worried that a corrupt magistrate is in a position to handle some of the most high-profile cases that our country has yet to see, and that is just one aspect that is troubling about this magistrate.
And, I too have great respect for the courts and the principles of justice and that is also why I find it totally unacceptable that a magistrate would use his role to pronounce his misogyny during the process of justice.
Above all, I would like to see our courts remain so independent and free from political intervention that I am still gobsmacked at how the Chief Justice could allow Robert Abela to pressure the selection committee to appoint his own nominee.
Yes, I fully agree with the Chief Justice in principle and I apply this principle whenever I publish my stories about the judiciary. Thank God for the judiciary, the rule of law, and the courts. Our struggle is to preserve what is left of our rule of law before Labout takes it all and turns us into a proper and official authoritarian state.
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