VALLETTA — The head of a European Parliament delegation, dispatched to Malta to review the rule of law on the island following a scandal over the murder of a journalist, said on Tuesday Prime Minister Joseph Muscat should step aside immediately. But Sophie In’t Veld, who is leading the two-day EU parliamentary mission to Malta, said she was “not reassured” after meeting Muscat and Justice Minister Owen Bonnici. “I think everybody recognizes, including the prime minister himself, that he has made some serious errors of judgment and I would say that staying on longer than necessary is another error of judgment,” she told reporters. Critics, including Caruana Galizia’s family, want Muscat to resign immediately, saying he is shielding friends and associates from the investigation. “Malta is part of the European Union and we all have to abide by the same rules and we can only be in the European Union if we trust each other.

Source: National Post December 03, 2019 10:52 UTC