From the outset, our protest movement attributed in part the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia to institutional failures and the failure of individuals in institutional positions to fulfil their duty to protect the life of Daphne Caruana Galizia as an individual and as a component of civil society that acts independently of, and free from, government control.
Within hours of the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, we called for the removal or resignation of people in authority – within the government, the prosecution service, the police and others. We did so because our immediate judgement was that several individuals had failed both in their duty to prevent, as well as in their duty to respond adequately to, the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia. What we have learnt since those fateful hours confirmed to us that this initial judgement was correct.
We, eventually individual founders and eventual leaders and members of Repubblika, have examined our conscience and our share of responsibility in what happened. The foundation of Repubblika is a result of that examination.