Tag: Justice Minister
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Why a top criminal lawyer shouldn’t be Minister of Justice – Daphne Caruana Galizia
Nationalist Party supporters were up in arms against The Maltese Herald after publishing this article, making nasty comments they will nto susbcribe to our website for criticising their beloved and perfect political party. Daphne Caruana Galizia provides succinct reasons why a criminal lawyer should not be the Minister of Justice. You can read her article…
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The Labour Government is trying to shut down ongoing Magisterial Investigations: Read the full text of the law
Yesterday in parliament, Opposition MP Karol Aquilina noted that according to the law for the reform on Magisterial Inquiries proposed by the government, it is clear that the government is trying to close all ongoing investigations. This is because the law will be applied retroactively on all ongoing cases. You can read the full text…
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Fighting for criminals instead fighting crime
The Ministry of Justice has issued a statement replying to Matthew Caruana Galizia’s comments, saying they are politicised and that the Attorney-General requested the Court to refuse bail and headed to trial. The Minister for Justice, Jonathan Attard, is so confident in his control over the Office of the Attorney General that he feels entitled…
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Outsourcing justice to your political appointees and friends
Yesterday, the Minister for Justice Jonathan Attard has confirmed that the Labour government wants to remove the right of citizens to request a Magisterial Inquiry and restrict the right only to a police investigation. The Labour government is currently in fight-mode against Jason Azzopardio after Azzopardi filed a series of requests of Magisterial Inquiries on…
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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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Video resurfaces of Syrian Justice Minister Shadi Al-Waisi ordering public execution of woman in 2015
A video has resurfaced online showing a public execution of a woman by Jabhat al-Nusra in Idlib in 2015. The original video clip which was widely published in 2015, resurfaced because the clip begins with a scene of a public executioner condemning a woman to death for “corruption and prostitution” with the man making the…
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Daniel Meli’s extradition to be challenged with new extradition law
According to an article by The Malta Independent, the government is introducing amendments to the Extradition Law that state that the suspect has to be informed of their rights before making a decision on whether they would challenge or accept to be extradited. The law will also be applied retroactively on those currently expecting to…
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Is he feeling threatened, yet?
This was the Minister for Justice, Jonathan Attard during the European Parliament election campaign. His propaganda banner literally said: “No threat is stronger than your vote”. This reference is a direct response to the Inquiring Magistrate and other members of the Judiciary conducting investigations on Joseph Muscat and other Labour Party Politicians. He is the…
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Silence from Attorney-General Victoria Buttigieg as her friend and Justice Minister attacks one of her prosecutors
Apparently, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard is being allowed to get away with attacking a prosecutor in public. Attorney-General Victoria Buttigieg who regularly praises her master and friend Jonathan Attard has remained mum on this attack, begging the question, who is defending our prosecutors and the State? I’m quite surprised that so far the prosecution has…
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Robert Abela slips and admits that the Attorney-General is informing him in advance of her actions
Yesterday, while being interviewed by journalists over his fascistic remarks over the judiciary, Supreme Leader Robert Abela slipped and admitted that the Attorney-General is informing him of her actions in advance. You can listen to Newsbook’s clip here where at around 40 seconds Robert Abela admits that he knows that today, the Attorney General Victoria…
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Up-to-date and well informed
The Minister of Justice Jonathan Attard is being kept up to-date with the current procedures of the submission of Magistrate Gabriella Vella’s inquiry on the public hospitals fraud conducted by Joseph Muscat, which has been submitted to the Attorney-General last Thursday. Jonathan Attard is keeping Prime Minister Robert Abela updated with the procedures and the…
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The Attorney General is of the position that money laundering and tax evasion cases are prosecuted only if they exceed the €500,000 mark
Here’s an important fact that needs to be considered about the government’s proposals to reduce the power of authorities to freeze assets of money launderers. The tax departments have such a long backlog of individuals missing their tax payments and returns, that following Malta’s removal from the FATF grey listing, the Attorney-General, Victoria Buttiġieġ prescribed…