President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola has urged for an “honest assessment of what went wrong” after a 20-year-old youth lost his life in a construction accident – and many feel the government is not doing enough to find out what really happened.

“Fix. The. System,” Metsola began. “When 20-year-old boys are killed under collapsing construction, we need to reflect as a nation on how things got to this point.”

“We need an honest assessment of what went wrong, what policies allowed this to happen, where we can do better as a country and what lessons can we learn to never let another parent mourn the loss of a child buried under rubble.”

The comment comes amid widespread backlash over a vote taken in Parliament yesterday that saw the Robert Abela administration not support opening a public inquiry into the death of JeanPaul Sofia.

“The first step in doing that is a public inquiry that can assess all the shortcomings we face as a country. That’s how we start to fix things. By being honest with ourselves, by coming together, by enacting new policies and new laws. Not by covering up. Not by protecting those responsible. Not by defending the indefensible. Not by betraying the grieving parents of a boy who believed in you.”

“Politicians are accountable for the choices they make. There is a duty to recognise when things are simply not ok. There is a duty to fix things.”