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Justice Denied

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by

Mark Camilleri
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If there is still any hope for justice, reason and basic sensibility to prevail in Malta, then today’s dark day, 2 September 2026, should at least be followed by some semblance of institutional decency: Attorney General Victoria Buttigieg should resign tomorrow with her exit paving the way for a new beginning.

Victoria Buttigieg has failed consistently, including through what amounts to institutional cover-up, but she has now also failed in the most important and consequential case she was expected to win. That is, after all, her job: to prosecute cases successfully in Court. Having failed in this historic case, her continued presence in office would only signal the willing and conscious favouring by the State of organised crime through a dysfunctional and failing institution.

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11 responses to “Justice Denied”

  1. John Cordina aka Benny avatar
    John Cordina aka Benny

    Amen

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  2. Franco Galea avatar
    Franco Galea

    Tama wahda fadalli. Li int, L-UNIKA GURNALIST BIL-BAJD, l-unika gurnalist li ma mmansax mal-qtil ta Daphne, tikxef min kienu dawk id-disa tradituri u l-komplott li bieh inxtraw.

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    1. Il-Bidla avatar
      Il-Bidla

      Anki jekk ma nxtrawx il-ġurati, nemmen li beżghu mill-poter ta’ YF u ħaslu jdejhom. Jekk imqar jafu l-ID no. tagħhom jafu kollox fuqhom.

      Jekk ngħidu li Keith S. u Chris C. jiġrilhom l-istess u jgħaddu ġuri, l-istess jerġa jigri, ġurati jaħslu jdejhom. Apparti li f’ġuri bħal dan, provi ma tantx ser ikollhom fuq dawn it-tnejn kif ġie żvelat fil-ġuri ta’ YF.

      Ħasra li flok imxejna pass ‘il quddiem għal ġustizzja, qed inħoss li erġajna morna lura għal 2017.

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      1. Steve avatar
        Steve

        The names and IDs and locality of all potential jurors for that month are published in the government gazette

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    2. Michael Buhagiar avatar
      Michael Buhagiar

      8 mhux 9. Wiehed/wahda kellu/ha sens komun.

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      1. Il-Bidla avatar
        Il-Bidla

        Jaghmluha 8-1 biex ihallu l-beneficcju tad-dubju li xi hadd minnhom ma qabilx.

        Dawn il-gurati nghid li kienu mbezzghin fuq kaz tqil u parikolari daqshekk li jinvolvi persuni b’poter enormi fil-pajjiz u li jaslu.

        Kif kiteb Georg Sapiano, dawn irragunaw li jafu kollox fuqhom. U fuq kaz li trid ukoll certu livell ta’ logika, ragunar, u nazzarda nghid intelligenza, ma tpoggix Cikku l-poplu (bir-rispett kollu lejn gurati u mhux qed insemmi degrees u certifikati, imma livell ta’ logika u intelligenza).

        Sapiano semma wkoll u naqbel meighu li fil-maxi processo kontra l-Mafia fi Sqallija, il-gurati kienu mhallfin (I stand to be corrected u ma fittixtx fuq il-kaz).

        F’kazijiet kbar hekk, li jinvolvi nies ta’ poter kbir fil-pajjiz, ma tqabbadx semplici cittadin (li wisq probabbli jahdem mal-gvern!). U min naf li gieli qaghad guri ta’ xi omicidju dejjem jibqa’ jsemmi l-biza li jekk qattiel xi darba jkun liberat (anki ghax ikun ghaddietli sentenza tal-habs) li jigi ghalih ghax jgharfu u jpattihielu.

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  3. Steve avatar
    Steve

    3 inexperienced prosecutors against one of the most experienced defence lawyers, because the best prosecutors clashed with the AG and left or chickened away from this case.

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  4. Il-Bidla avatar
    Il-Bidla

    Given that YF is loaded he hired one of the best lawyers in Malta. This jury is reminding me a lot on the criminal trial of OJ Simspon (it was about murder too) who was found not guilty after also trying to escape! But he had the “Dream Team”.

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    1. Marco de cini avatar
      Marco de cini

      And remember the lawyer he hired was also on the prosecution team that was investigating fenech?

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  5. Mark avatar
    Mark

    Look into the jury to understand the verdict…
    Some of the jurors were handpicked from previous juries.
    They were contacted prior to the trial.
    They were escorted to places no other jurors had been.
    Follow the money

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    1. Marco de cini avatar
      Marco de cini

      Watch their bank accounts?

      Reply

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