Malta’s Prime Minister has poured cold water on continued calls for an independent, public inquiry into the death of 20-year-old JeanPaul Sofia.

“The tools and legal dispositions to address what happened already exist, and there’s surely no need for a public enquiry to look into those shortcoming,” Robert Abela told journalists this morning.

@lovinmaltaofficialMalta’s Prime Minister has poured cold water on continued calls for an independent, public inquiry into the death of 20-year-old JeanPaul Sofia. “The tools and legal dispositions to address what happened already exist, and there’s surely no need for a public enquiry to look into those shortcoming,” Robert Abela told journalists this morning. His comments come as a magisterial inquiry is underway looking into what exactly led to the death of the Maltese youth. Abela has called for this magisterial inquiry to hurry up to reveal what happened that fateful day – but JeanPaul Sofia’s mother, Isabelle Bonnici, has reiterated her calls for a public inquiry to be set up immediately, and just yesterday, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech filed a parliamentary motion calling for a public inquiry to be set up. “This won’t hinder the magisterial inquiry and will help lead towards a serious reform,” Bonnici said earlier this week. “I want total justice and for no other parent to pass through what we are passing through.” “I am ready to meet with everyone who is willing to meet me but no one from government has had the decency to at least answer me. Do none of you agree with my request?” Do you think a public inquiry should be set up? Full article by Johnathan Cilia

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His comments come as a magisterial inquiry is underway looking into what exactly led to the death of the Maltese youth.

Abela has called for this magisterial inquiry to hurry up to reveal what happened that fateful day – but JeanPaul Sofia’s mother, Isabelle Bonnici, has reiterated her calls for a public inquiry to be set up immediately, and just yesterday, Opposition Leader Bernard Grech filed a parliamentary motion calling for a public inquiry to be set up.

“This won’t hinder the magisterial inquiry and will help lead towards a serious reform,” Bonnici said earlier this week. “I want total justice and for no other parent to pass through what we are passing through.”

“I am ready to meet with everyone who is willing to meet me but no one from government has had the decency to at least answer me. Do none of you agree with my request?”