EP delegation to meet Chief Justice, PM today; no reply from Schembri

The EP delegation that is currently in Malta on a fact-finding mission is this morning expected to meet the Chief Justice Silvio Camilleri. The MEPs, from the PANA and LIBE committees, are also expected to hold talks with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Minister for Justice Owen Bonnici.

The delegation wants to hold talks with the Chief Justice after his strong speech on the rule of law in Malta last October, during the opening of the new forensic year. In his speech he had said that we need to safeguard the rule of law, commenting that without proper law enforcement this cannot take place.

The same delegation had also invited the Prime Minister Chief of Staff Keith Schembri. By the time of going to print late last night Schembri had still not replied to the MEPs. When the PANA committee came to Malta on a similar mission earlier this year, Schembri had refused to meet.

Later in the afternoon, the delegation will be meeting the Chairman of Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) Joe Bannister and other MFSA officials regarding the financial institutions in our country.

The delegation arrived Wednesday evening and yesterday had a full day of meetings with various Maltese officials. The PANA committee was set up to investigate money laundering, tax evasion and tax avoidance issues following the Panama Papers revelations, while the LIBE committee is responsible for civil liberties, justice and home affairs.

from The Malta Independent http://ift.tt/2BpXNFp
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