Labour MEP Cyrus Engerer Calls Out Cabinet Committee On Sofia Public Inquiry Recommendations
Labour MEP Cyrus Engerer criticised the composition of the cabinet committee responsible for the Jean Paul Sofia public inquiry recommendations, noting that it consisted solely of six men.
Engerer shared an image of the committee on his Instagram story, captioning it with, “Look at the way things are done in Malta.”
“The cabinet committee on Public Inquiry recommendations is homogeneous. In the pictures shared yesterday by the committee we can only see six young men,” he continued.
Last Wednesday, the PL MEP revealed that he had penned a letter addressed to his party’s parliamentary group following its unanimous rejection of initiating a public inquiry into the demise of Jean Paul Sofia.
Back in July, 40 MPs opposed the notion of a public inquiry concerning the fatality at the Corradino construction site, following Prime Minister Robert Abela’s assertion that a criminal investigation sufficed to address the incident.
However, within a few days, Abela performed a U-turn, reversing his stance amidst significant public pressure.
On Wednesday, a three-member panel inquiry determined that the 20-year-old worker perished within an essentially unregulated construction site, highlighting the state’s accountability in the matter.
Engerer informed his Facebook followers that following the vote, he had written to the PL parliamentary group, expressing concerns about the exclusion of individuals with dissenting opinions.
In the letter, he insisted that “critical thinking and different opinions should be celebrated, not suffocated.”
“People were right not to understand how a whole parliamentary group had voted against a public inquiry into the death of Jean Paul Sofia,” he said, adding he had encountered several individuals, particularly young people, who questioned the lack of different point of views within the parliamentary group.
“The closed manner in which politics is done in Malta is bothering many. People are losing trust in politics because of the antiquated manner in which big political parties operate, which is cut off from reality,” he wrote, adding that while being united within the party is important, it does not mean that everyone’s opinion should be one and the same.
“The sense of collegiality in a political party or parliamentary group, where everyone says the same thing is dangerous and laughable – because everyone knows that no two people agree on everything,” he wrote.
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