'No pressure exercised' to halt Addolorata inquiry, retired judge says

Denying that the board of inquiry has come under any undue pressure to halt his investigations, retired judge Alberto Magri appealed for caution which would allow the inquiry to be carried out serenely.

Magri is leading an inquiry ordered by Health Minister Konrad Mizzi after PN MP Claudette Buttigieg warned of “a state of anarchy” at the Cemetery. The MP also gave Health Minister Konrad Mizzi and the police details of the shocking abuses.

Since her allegations, the director and health inspector were suspended.

In parliament this week, Buttigieg claimed that the Office of the Prime Minister was being pressured to halt investigations into alleged abuses.

“From my information, people are pressuring Castille for these investigations to come to a close as quickly as possible, as a director at the cemetery could lose his job as a result of these investigations,” she said.

In a statement today, the board of inquiry also extended an invite to individuals who may have felt aggrieved by Health Department officials employed at the cemetery or other public cemeteries.

Details should be sent to the board by no later than 2 February in a sealed envelope and addressed to Carmen Scicluna, Addolorata inquiry board secretary, at the civil and tribunal courts in Valletta.