Hello time for me to bump this stupid thread again because I've exhausted all my options in terms of venting to my family and friends and yet the rage and discontent is ever more palpable.
This past Wednesday, Yorgen Fenech was acquitted of charges of masterminding Daphne Caruana Galizia's assassination, as well as charges of criminal association in relation to her assassination. This is in spite of the insurmountable testimony and evidence clearly pinning him as being guilty of this; recorded phone calls, chat logs, testimony from the self-confessed middleman that linked the mastermind to the hitmen, Fenech's attempt to flee the country by boat when informed that police were seeking to arrest him, Fenech's pleas for a presidential pardon when first put under arrest in relation to the murder, as well as Fenech's own testimony (!!!!) whereby he admits to (1) have been present during discussions plotting the assassination, (2) serving as a middleman between alleged mastermind and the aforementioned self-confessed middleman, and (3) doing absolutely jackfuckall to meaningfully prevent the assassination from happening (such as the fact that he is witnessing a murder plot take place in front of his own eyes and not reporting it to the police).
For all this, Fenech was acquitted from charges of criminal association. For all this, Fenech was acquitted of responsibility for Caruana Galizia's murder. The jury mind-bafflingly delivered a verdict of eight votes to one, not guilty on all charges.
It has been nine years since Caruana Galizia's assassination. Every summer I'll go to Mosta and view the exact spot where her car was blown up with her inside it. Every summer I'll go hiking in Bidnija, and I'll pass by her old house and walk to her memorial, set beside the road where she was killed in broad daylight. Nine years, and there is still no one behind bars for being responsible for her murder.
Fuck this country.