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10 minutes agoMalta: Authorities Pledge to dawn Journalists' Murder
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Malta's prime minister, Joseph Muscat, has offered a “considerable reward” for data on the murder of journalist Daphne Gallizia, who has written a number of articles on corruption in this Mediterranean country. The journalist was killed Monday by an explosive device placed in her car: The murder of Daphne Gallizia journalist has [...]
The murder of Daphne Gallizia journalist has shocked Malta. Gallizia exposed bribery cases, close to hiding profits to avoid taxes, and attacked powerful figures in her blog.
On Monday, as soon as she was out of her house and traveling by car, a blaster in her vehicle exploded.
Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has pledged to use any means to identify the perpetrators of the attack.
It's unacceptable, not just in the European Union, but worldwide, not just for a journalist, but for everyone. This is not just about killing a journalist, it's about attacking our values as a society. Therefore, our government is fully determined not to spare any resources, to take foreign experts if necessary, to find out the facts,” said the prime minister.
Prime Minister Muscat himself has been one of the most suspicious figures in several articles by journalist Gallizia on companies outside Malta, where she says different government officials and politicians in the country laundered the money to avoid taxes.
In a Facebook post today, boys of the late journalist urged the prime minister to resign “for failure in his duty to protect basic freedoms”. They also voiced opposition to the prime minister's announcement to offer rewards for identifying the killers, saying they are not interested in achieving “fairness without changes” in the country's governance.
The journalist is being remembered by friends and colleagues as a journalist who did not compromise in trying to find the truth. Politicians and other figures who have been the target of journalist criticism had another opinion. Glen Beddingfield, deputy of the Labusist Party, says Gallizia at its beginning exposed corruption, but was later turned into a gossip rapporteur, using personal attacks against politicians and their families.
Meanwhile, investigators are analyzing the similarities of this bomb explosion on other vehicles over the past two years. During this period, six people, including the journalist Gallizia, have been killed in such explosions. None of these cases have been solved.
