Tag: Jason Azzopardi
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Jason Azzopardi files requests for Magisterial Inquiries hour after they were refused over a technicality
Yesterday, Jason Azzopardi re-submitted two requests for magisterial inquiries into alleged corruption by Gozo and Planning Minister Clint Camilleri, just an hour after the initial requests were rejected on a technicality. Apparently, since the subjects of the inquiries are from Gozo, the requests had to be filed at a police station in Gozo rather than…
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The Gozo Sports Complex: A deep dive into corruption, overspending, and unchecked power
When the ambitious plan for an Olympic-sized swimming pool and revamped sports complex in Gozo was announced, it promised to be a transformative project for the island. Today, the project lies incomplete, burdened with soaring costs, missed deadlines, and allegations of corruption, illegalities, and favouritism. The Gozo Ministry, its contractors, and a web of financial…
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Labour’s latest policy update: subsidies for the poor and stopping Jason Azzopardi
Yesterday, Prime Minister and Labour Party Leader Robert Abela rallied his party members to celebrate his five years in office. He gave an hour-long speech that supposedly marked his vision and the Labour Party’s policy, but all I could decipher from it is that the Labour Party is in favour of subsidies for the poor…
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Jason Azzopardi files his latest request for a Magisterial Inquiry: the unknown origins of the wealth of the Minister for the Economy
Jason Azzopardi has filed his latest request for a Magisterial Inquiry, this time over the Minister for the Economy Silvio Schembri and the unknown origins of his wealth. The latest request made by Jason Azzopardi is also related to his previous filing for a Magisterial Inquiry over the government’s discounted land deals to its donors…
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Joseph Muscat’s criminal team fails to smear the Cabinet Secretary with false accusations
There’s more news about Jason Azzopardi today, which is inevitable given that he has adopted the role of a main Opposition activist along with Arnold Cassola, Robert Aquilina and others in the absence of a strong Opposition from the Nationalist Party. Jason Azzopardi has dropped his allegations against the Cabinet Secretary, Ryan Spagnol over corruption…
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The Justice Minister Jonathan Attard spent three hours in court waiting to testify against Jason Azzopardi
In order to to put some perspective to the obsession by the Labour government to fight Jason Azzopardi, it’s good to know that the Justice Minister, Jonathan Attard spent around three hours in court waiting to testify against Jason Azzopardi for allegedly filming the Prime Minister inside the Court building. The testimony lasted a couple…
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The Electrogas Court case is set to start this year
The Magisterial Inquiry that Jason Azzopardi has referred to earlier this morning, consisting of up to 20 boxes that were delivered from the Court building to the Office of the Attorney General earlier today, are related to the Electrogas Magisterial Inquiry. The Magisterial Inquiry has been concluded and the Police and the Attorney General are…
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Jason Azzopardi submits his latest request for a Magistrate Inquiry: the LANDS bonanza by Robert Vella
Jason Azzopardi has submitted his latest request for a Magisterial Inquiry this time over the sale of public property by the LANDS department at steep discount prices. This is the second request by Jason Azzopardi for a Magisterial Inquiry this month following his report over alleged bribes in relation to a road constructed by the…
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Jason Azzopardi submits application for Magisterial Inquiry on the Triq L-Imġarr Project
Jason Azzopardi has submitted an application for a Magisterial Inquiry over the case of the Triq L-Imġarr project based on an extension investigation conducted by The Shift News. The road project, known as the “Nadur Road Project,” involved constructing a road from Nadur to Għajnsielem, initially estimated to cost €8.5 million. However, the costs increased…
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Prime Minister Robert Abela wants to reform law on Magisterial Inquiries to prevent Jason Azzopardi from starting new inquiries
In what seems to be Prime Minister’s Robert Abela most dictatorial move yet, the Prime Minister announced he is to reform the law on magisterial inquiries to prevent Jason Azzopardi from filing further inquiries. Abela made the announcement after Jason Azzopardi revealed a scandal earlier today and vowed to request a magisterial inquiry about it.…
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Norma Saliba wrote the Deputy-Prime Minister’s script which was meant to attack Jason Azzopardi
I don’t understand why my Labour Party contacts would want to try to suppress the incredible story of how the Labour Party defamed its own Deputy Leader when the facts are actually public record. Previously, communications, PRs, speeches and press conferences were all vetted by Aleander Balzan. Aleander Balzan resigned from his role when the…
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A coordinated attack against Jason Azzopardi
Yesterday, I’ve spoken to someone who is privy to all the details of the case and story about Jason Azzopardi being arraigned to Court for filming inside the Court building and in the corridors of the Court. I am reluctant in making statements without verifying them, irrespective where they come from, but I can now…
