Grech questions PM dismissal of public inquiry into Jean Paul Sofia death
The Prime Minister insisted on Wednesday that an inquiring magistrate is already investigating the December 2022 collapse that killed Jean Paul Sofia, saying institutions should be allowed to work ‘in serenity’
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Opposition leader Bernard Grech has questioned the Prime Minister’s motives in dismissing calls for a public inquiry into the death of Jean Paul Sofia.
“What is Robert Abela hiding? Who does he want to defend?” Grech said on Thursday.
"The family of Jean Paul has a right to know the truth. We failed Jean Paul and his family," Bernard Grech said on Facebook.
Grech’s reaction comes to a statement by the PM on Wednesday, with Abela dismissing calls for a public inquiry into Sofia’s death, insisting an inquiring magistrate is already investigating the incident.
Abela confirmed this in a statement made in response to a parliamentary question from Nationalist MP Jerome Caruana Cilia
The PN leader argued that an independent Public Inquiry is the least Malta can do "if we truly want to begin healing society."
Five others were also hospitalised in the accident, but no one has been charged over the collapse.