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Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered because she was getting better and better at fulfilling her role, that of Malta’s foremost investigative journalist. Her reporting attracted much hostility, ranging from death threats to a long string of libel proceduresThe PN’s destiny - Arthur Muscat
Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered because she was getting better and better at fulfilling her role, that of Malta’s foremost investigative journalist. Her reporting attracted much hostility, ranging from death threats to a long string of libel procedures, some seemingly instituted with the sole purpose of shutting her up. Without fear she stood her ground and carried on with the task of uncovering and publicising what appear to be unchecked criminal activities and petty and not so petty corruption and stealing of public funds. She courageously fulfilled a role in the democratic process, that of ensuring a free and effective press to keep in check perceived corrupt and dishonest politicians and business operators. Whatever crime a citizen might commit, capital punishment does not feature in the laws of Malta. It seems however to feature in the minds of numerous citizens who believe that capital punishment should apply in respect of journalists deemed to have overstepped a limit. Is the murder of the journalist to serve as a sinister warning to whoever dares to criticise and oppose the dismal bad governance inflicted on Malta? Corruption and malpractices keep on accumulating... Read more