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Morning Briefing
Keith Schembri requested Muscat’s bodyguard to fulfill Melvin Theuma, Court hears
Keith Schembri advised Joseph Muscat’s inclined bodyguard, Kenneth Camilleri, to fulfill Melvin Theuma, who over and over sought updates on the bail of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s hitmen, the court docket heard Friday. When Camilleri informed then-PM Muscat, he replied, “I’d rather now not discover out about this.” Camilleri testified in a case in opposition to Schembri, charged with perjury and leaking investigation particulars. The probe began after Yorgen Fenech, accused of complicity in the kill, claimed Schembri had leaked records to him. Theuma, who admitted to being the intermediary, modified into once given a no-show masks authorities job months before the kill. (Times of Malta)
Ombudsman finds ‘systemic maladminisration’ in reformatory
A document by the Ombudsman has stumbled on systemic maladministration on the Corradino Correctional Facility during Col. Alexander Dalli’s tenure as Director of Prisons, from July 2018 to December 2021. The investigation modified into once launched in 2021 following power media experiences of human rights violations and non-compliance with reformatory guidelines. Concerns raised by NGO Moviment Graffitti brought about then-Ombudsman Anthony Mifsud to label the inquiry. to a lesser extent, the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.” On the root of the evidence, the Ombudsman mentioned, three focal aspects of maladministration clearly emerged, endemic dysfunctionality in reformatory management, serious shortcomings across assorted operational aspects of the CCF and exercise of intimidation as an operational tool. (The Malta Unbiased)
EC launches complaints in opposition to Malta for failing to transpose directive on records replace
The European Commission has launched infringement complaints in opposition to Malta and just a few different other member states for failing to transpose two directives on records replace and firm measurement criteria. In a press release on Friday, the Commission acknowledged that Malta had now not notified the transposition of an amendment to the Accounting Directive, which adjusts measurement criteria for micro, runt, medium, and mountainous undertakings to account for inflation. Member states were required to put up notifications by December 24, 2024. Related letters were despatched to Cyprus, Czechia, Spain, and Portugal, with a two-month closing date to reply.