Malta Has No Future Until Money Is Separated From Politics, Activists Stress
Activists hailing from Moviment Graffitti have stressed that Malta has no future until money is separated from politics.
Expressing that the pressure group has found itself deeply concerned, they said that what occurred over the last few days has further exposed the precarious situation of the government.
“The interactions seen in the leaked chat logs between Yorgen Fenech and Rosianne Cutajar confirm what we have long insisted – that there exists an incestuous relationship between political and business interests,” Moviment Graffitti said.
“The relationship between these two people, while wholly inappropriate and deserving of sanction, is just the tip of the iceberg. Moreover, it confirms that a chunk of our political class is in politics purely for personal gain, pigging out at the people’s expense.”
“There will be no better future for Malta and its people until politics is cleaned of the influence of those with money.”
It continued to say that this applies regardless of who is in government, as this is a systemic issue and action must go further than just the removal of a few bad actors.
“The Malta Police Force has betrayed its duty towards the public; the lack of prosecutions seen over recent years despite magistrates’ orders and evidence in hand shows that it cannot be trusted to serve the public interest.”
“The same can be said for the Attorney General, whose incompetence shows gross ineptitude at best, and corrupt collusion at worst. In case after case, criminals are let loose, charge sheets are riddled with mistakes, and, again, the public interest is not served.”
It also lamented the speed with which the Attorney General acted to comply with the demand to prosecute Mark Camilleri, claiming that this stands in stark contrast to the slow pace it has adopted in almost every other case.
“Similarly, it was recently revealed that the police have dragged their feet in searching Enemalta’s offices in relation to the scam of the Montenegro wind farm, which cost the public millions.”
“We have seen these inexplicable delays in an endless amount of cases, with those of Sion Grech and Bernice Cilia being a recent reminder. Yet these cases are only a fraction of the myriad of injustices due to technicalities and persistent delays in our criminal justice system.”
“It has become abundantly clear that these institutions have been hijacked and no longer serve the public. They serve the government and act on the government’s demands.”
Graffitti strongly finished by saying that it has absolutely no faith in the leadership of the Malta Police Force and the Office of the Attorney General, “who have continuously failed the people of Malta”.
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