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It is not the scope of the Inquiry to determine criminal responsibility in the case and these submissions will therefore express no views on the charges brought against a number of individuals who have been accused of perpetrating the murder or of hiring accomplices therein or of covering up for them, and on the evidence … Continued

The Inquiry’s terms of reference seek the following deliverables: “to determine whether any wrongful action or omission by or within, any State entity facilitated the assassination or failed to prevent it. In particular whether (a) any State entity knew or ought to have known of, or caused, a real and immediate risk to Daphne Caruana … Continued

At the time of writing, Daphne Caruana Galizia has been dead for 39 months. The campaign to isolate her, to discredit her and to ostracise her is much older than that and remains very much an ongoing function of the undemocratic and the corrupt. No one has faced trial for her murder yet. Joseph Muscat, … Continued

We realised that as citizens we watched and read Daphne’s work as some spectator-sport, almost as a form of entertainment from which we were detached. We acted as if we had no responsibility to work to change what was occurring. We had limited our participation in democratic life to casting our ballots in elections but … Continued

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, … Continued

The Honourable Michael MalliaThe Honourable Abigail LofaroThe Honourable Joseph Said Pullicino Madam, gentlemen of the Inquiry Board, We thank the Board for the opportunity to submit our considerations in writing before it draws up its final conclusions. 1. Repubblika Repubblika was formally constituted on 25 January 2019 in terms of the Voluntary Organisations Act (Cap. … Continued

Repubblika believes that this Inquiry has been exceptional when compared with the response of the State to the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia. It has asked difficult questions to witness and forced the only form of proper examination of the circumstances in which Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated and the causes of the crime, how … Continued