As the Magisterial inquiry on Joseph Muscat and his fraudulent public hospitals deals draws into a close, the behaviour of Attorney-General Victoria Buttigieg is easily predictable. The Attorney-General has a track record of ruining court cases or refusing to prosecute individuals in cases that would incriminate other Labour Party figures. Most notably, her refusal to prosecute Christian Borg as that would incriminate the Prime Minister himself.
As a political appointee serving the Labour Party in terms of a criminal organisation, the aim of the Attorney-General Victoria Buttigieg would be to go easy on Joseph Muscat and by the default this is already taking place. In fact, Joseph Muscat is already privy to details of the Magisterial inquiry. Let’s put some matters into some context.
This is a Magisterial inquiry and not a police investigation and the police are aiding the inquiring Magistrate, Gabriella Vella. In contrast, Silvio Grixti, the only Labour Party politician arraigned in court so far, was investigated by the Police, who have taken the lead in the case and have arraigned Silvio Grixti in court with five police officials fighting for the case. Clearly, the police are making a show of force in Silvio Grixti’s case. Will the Police be conducting the same show of force when they will be arraigning Joseph Muscat? And what will be the reaction of Robert Abela then? To condemn the Police just like he did to the inquiring Magistrate?
When the Magisterial Inquiry is conclusive and the Police make their arraignments, it will be mostly the prosecutor’s responsibility to lead the case in court. The Police can only make a show of force in so far the arraignment is executed. Then it will be up to the Attorney-General to make sure that she obtains the highest amount of convictions and prison time possible for the suspect: as is custom with all cases.
If the prosecutor were to apply the same measure of force as in Silvio Grixti’s case to Joseph Muscat’s case, then a demonstration of force by the prosecutor would necessitate considering Joseph Muscat as a high-profile case, with a team of at least five highly skilled and experienced prosecutors assigned to the case. Handing over all the responsibility of the most high-profile political case in history to one single prosecutor, would mathematically mean that the Attorney-General is wittingly and willingly taking the biggest possible risk to lose the case, irrespective of who the prosecutor is. Clearly, this case is not a job to be done and lead by one single person.
Conclusively, this will be the first sign to watch on how and whether the Labour government is sabotaging Joseph Muscat’s case: the amount of prosecutors delegated to win this case.
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