Malta is facing the umpteenth political turmoil. We have a government that has been lambasted again for malpractice by the Auditor General, with a scathing report that confirmed the scarce consideration for any notion of good governance by the Muscat administration.
What’s worse is that no one shoulders responsibility for an agreement that should never have been made.
Furthermore, Assistant Commissioner Ian Abdilla’s testimony in the public inquiry proves how incompetence and complacency can lead to tragic outcomes. The reactions of the presiding judges to Abdilla’s testimony are enough to dismantle the mantra that institutions were working unhindered and as expected.
When they don’t, as Abdilla reveals, the consequences are dire, and turning a blind eye becomes as criminal as the act you ought to investigate. But what is capturing people’s attention is the situation within the opposition.
Make no mistake – the Partit Nazzjonalista as we know it is reaching a dead end. Representatives of both camps are sending signals that they have no intention to reconcile and communication between the MPs appears to have stifled.
While the interpretation of the constitution and the party...
