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In Malta, it may be a first step towards an independent investigation into the assassination of a famous investigative journalist on the island: Daphne Caruana Galizia, who specializes in corruption cases, revealed the most of the Maltese political life. Nearly two years after the car bomb attack that cost him his life, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced on Saturday the formation of a commission to investigate the death of the journalist, but also on delays in the judicial proceedings that followed his assassination.
A retired judge, a lawyer and a former forensic expert: three figures will have the difficult task of relaunching investigations into the attack that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia.
But here it is: each member of this new commission of inquiry was appointed by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. But the Maltese government is accused of having hitherto slowed down investigations into the assassination of the famous journalist.
In a damning report, the Council of Europe pointed out in June last the recusation of several judges for conflict of interest, the withdrawal of the file to the investigating magistrate by the Prime Minister himself or the absence of inquiries into the contacts a minister would have had with the assassins.
Three men suspected of murder were charged in December 2017. They have not yet been tried. The sponsors have not yet been identified.
The announcement by the Prime Minister, who is also ready to meet the parents of Daphne Caruana Galizia, is therefore welcomed with caution. The journalist's family demands guarantees on the impartiality of the new investigators. While the Council of Europe has warned that it will " follow very closely the work of this commission ".