Disgusted’ PN MP Says Lack of Justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia Is ‘beyond Humiliating

In a fast-moving development shaping the Business landscape, Opposition MP Eve Borg Bonello said she feels "disgusted" and that it is "beyond humiliating" that justice has not yet been served to Daphne Caruana Galizia and her family, "and by extension this country", almost nine full years since her assassination. Fresh reporting, according to dispatches from NewsData.io Business & Tech Wire, underscores emerging structural shifts that are drawing scrutiny across industry circles.

Opposition MP Eve Borg Bonello said she feels "disgusted" and that it is "beyond humiliating" that justice has not yet been served to Daphne Caruana Galizia and her family, "and by extension this country", almost nine full years since her assassination. In an interview with The Malta Independent on Sunday , Borg Bonello stated that Malta has no other option but to adequately emerge from this saga, noting that the country must "do something about what is fundamentally wrong and rotten at the core of so many pillars of not only political institutions, but the State". "If we do not carry out the necessary reforms, this isn't only about what the European Union would think - this is about who we are as a country," Borg Bonello said. She continued that serving full justice in this case must act as Malta's first priority, ahead of other salient issues like Maltese emigration or the islands' population growth. "This is the first step," she said, "We have to heal to be able to deal with anything else in the right way." "There is no other option than to fight for justice because it is something inherent and fundamental to what this country is, how it works, and what it would be," the PN MP said. Justice, she added, does not only mean having those responsible behind bars, but it also means holding people accountable and enacting institutional reform. Borg Bonello said that she is still coming to terms with the jury decision to acquit Yorgen Fenech from charges of complicity and criminal association in the murder of Caruana Galizia. Before joining the Nationalist Party and embarking on her political career, aged 16 she became well-known after delivering an impassioned speech during the 2019 Valletta protests, which were organised following the emergence of information linking Castille, in some capacity, to Caruana Galizia's murder. She has since become Malta's youngest ever MP and still is the Parliament's youngest representative following this year's election. Looking back at that time, she recounted how "disgusted" she was at the fact that "two years after an assassination, we hadn't seen justice". Borg Bonello remarked that "today, we are sitting in one of the Opposition's offices in Parliament - not two years after the murder, but nine, and we are still in the same place. If anything, we took a step back". "In those protests, in 2019, there was a sense that things could get better. Now it's different," Borg Bonello stated. She told this newsroom that, while she understands her responsibilities as an elected Opposition official, she does not feel she can carry out her duties "in a business-as-usual manner". She said she would continue to refuse to act as though everything is business as usual, because, in her view, it is not. PN will be 'completely uncompromising' in fight for justice for Caruana Galizia Borg Bonello said that "although it's a very hard moment to reconcile, that means, now more than ever, that we cannot stop - we cannot stop at any level". She declared that the PN "won't make any compromises with crooks", nor will it make any compromises that would allow a lack of justice. "We are going to be completely uncompromising in the pursuit of that justice, because that pursuit of justice is the basic bare minimum that should be afforded to a European democracy in the 21 st century," Borg Bonello said. She said that "we have to continue insisting that the recommendations of the public inquiry are implemented, that justice is not denied but served, and that the mastermind behind Caruana Galizia's assassination, whoever that weakling may be, is served justice". The young Opposition MP was one of the many youths who were left heavily impacted by Caruana Galizia's assassination in 2017. She admitted that "75%, if not more, of the reason I joined politics was because of this horrible, horrible part of our - I wouldn't even call it history - because it's not history, because it's not over". She believes that the rage felt at this lack of justice transcends Malta's political divide. She told this newsroom how she's observed staunch Labour activists to have spoken out on this subject "just as much as we've seen traditional civil society voices". Young people can change the tide but are scared to speak up Borg Bonello, 23, told this newsroom that many youths in Malta do not feel comfortable speaking up, even if they are interested in politics. She dismissed the idea that young people nowadays are "this apathetic group that don't care, don't follow, and don't have an opinion on anything". "They don't feel comfortable speaking up because they feel like there would be repercussions - whether at school (it's as early as that), whether in their professional life, and generally in society at large," she said. "They're scared of being labelled and they're uncomfortable with the polarisation of politics," Borg Bonello stated. The PN MP referred to the death threats she had received when she was just 16 years old after her speech at the 2019 protests. On this, Borg Bonello said that she tries to be very careful with her words when recounting this time as she doesn't want to spread the message that this is what happens when one speaks up. In her opinion, these fears pose a greater barrier to entry to politics than any other structural party issue. She stressed that "if we want more young people in politics, it's not only about empowering youth structures within a party or otherwise; it's about creating a country where people feel comfortable standing up and speaking up because they feel like they have the freedom to and the freedom from". That being said, the Opposition MP doesn't want young people to look at the "disgusting things going on and feel that that should represent this country". Borg Bonello wants to help youths recognise that they have the power to change this. "I don't want Malta to be defined by the mafia that has taken over so many things we hold dear. Those criminals, crooks, are not Malta. Malta is people like Daphne. Malta is [defined by] the best people this island has offered, that contributed so much," she said. The PN MP believes that "it is the responsibility of all of us, but especially young people, to make sure that this country is in a better state in 20 years' time, and I think this is truly something that could be defining for this generation", Borg Bonello said. Borg Bonello said she truly believes that "this generation is capable of changing the tide". Borg Bonello seeks to 'empower young people to be able to speak about everything' through Shadow Ministry Following the PN's most recent shadow cabinet reshuffle, Borg Bonello was entrusted to shadow Youth Minister Omar Farrugia's portfolio, which also deals with wellbeing and the implementation of the electoral programme. Through her shadow portfolio, she would like to empower young people "to be able to speak about everything". Borg Bonello said she doesn't wish to limit youth issues to the "stereotypical" ones often mentioned, namely education, youth employment, homeownership; as youths are affected by all issues. She added that "certain mentalities within politics" on young people also need to change. "A lot of the time we treat young people like children and expect them to act as adults," the PN MP said. Borg Bonello said it is imperative for consultations with young people to be taken on board and analysed as done with other sectors of society, and not to be done "just simply as a PR exercise". She wants these consultations to reach beyond just outspoken youths in student organisations. Part of Borg Bonello's shadow portfolio is holding the government accountable to implementing its electoral manifesto "to the extent that it was promised". She told this newsroom that this will ramp up for the first time following Budget 2027, which is scheduled for Monday, 26 October. "It is our job not only to see that things are seen through, but that there is truth around their implementation, that things are transparent, that if something is promised and announced, it is actually implemented," she said. As a youth herself, she believes that Malta can boost young people's input in politics if it is better represented by its policies that impact everyday life and if Malta can improve the way it approaches and discusses politics. "Young people are so sick and tired of the useless narratives we often see in tit for tats. They're really over the empty promises we really see a lot of the time, and they really want concrete results. They're not going to be satisfied by a catch line or a headline," the Opposition MP said. "The best way to get young people interested and active in politics is to kill off the culture of impunity; to make politics more functional; and at the end of the day, restore trust in our political system," she added, citing low political engagement among young people according to recent State of the Nation surveys. In some circles within the Council of Europe, age quotas have been discussed as one measure that could boost the participation of youths in politics as candidates. Asked about her opinion on age quotas, that is, for parties to field a minimum percentage of youths across its ballot sheet, Borg Bonello said that, while she thinks this is "a very noble cause", she'd prefer seeing Malta address youths' barriers from getting involved in the first place and see that the political system "makes more sense".

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