I’m still going through the public inquiry into the death of Jean Paul Sofia, but clearly, it makes explicit damning conclusions. The public inquiry states that the heads of the regulatory entities had extensive conflicts of interest, did their work haphazardly and without any meaningful direction, and the Minister for Lands, Stefan ?rinzo Azzopardi didn’t even care to ensure that government policy was executed nor followed up with. When Malta Enterprise approved the state aid and the use of public land by Kurt Buhagiar and Matthew Schembri, they didn’t even consider whether the government would have made a return on its investment.
Dabid Xuereb, the Chairman of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority, has resigned while others like Robert Vella, head of Lands, are also expected to have resigned. Stefan ?rinzo Azzopardi, who has also been explicitly mentioned in the inquiry as having failed to execute and follow up on government policy, has yet to make any comments. The inquiry also describes the current regulatory and enforcement situation, including by referring to the Planning Authority, as ineffective but this is to put it mildly. The inquiry is a damning confirmation of the Jungle Rules situation in the construction industry.
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