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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 17 OCTOBER 2018 4 NEWS WE ARE HIRING MI-C3 INTERNATIONAL LTD Vacancy : Bookkeeper Location : Birkirkara Start Date : Immediately Salary : Negotiable For more detailed information please visit our Careers Page @ www.mi-c3.com . All cv's to be sent to careers@mi-c3.com We look forward to receiving your application . WE ARE HIRING MI-C3 INTERNATIONAL LTD Vacancy : Mid-level UI Designer Location : Birkirkara Start Date : Immediately Salary : Negotiable For more detailed information please visit our Careers Page @ www.mi-c3.com . All cv's to be sent to careers@mi-c3.com We look forward to receiving your application . CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 On the flip side, the names of Joseph Muscat, Owen Bonnici, Chris Cardo- na, Tony Zarb and others close to the government were greeted with boos. The messages delivered by the vari- ous speakers, including representa- tives of international press freedom or- ganisations, asked for the mastermind of the murder to be brought to justice and the government to stop removing the makeshift Valletta memorial. 'Min hexa mexa'' In the strongest speech of the night, activist and blogger Manuel Delia urged people not to give up hope and continue to believe in what is right. Delia harked back to the violent events 39 years ago when Labour thugs burned down the Times of Malta and attacked the family of then Opposition leader Eddie Fenech Adami. "The fight for justice did not start last year," Delia said, adding that those who fought for justice back then feared that what they campaigned could be lost. Delia said that those who believed EU membership would safeguard de- mocracy would have never expected a journalist to be killed because of her work. "Justice has not been served yet. Min ħexa, mexa," Delia said to applause. He urged people not to give up irrespec- tive of whether "victory was in reach or not" because the most important thing was being true to themselves. "We are fighting for this country's soul… The mafia will find us here again tomorrow," he insisted to strong applause. A return of the 1980s' violence On a similar note, Marion Pace Axi- ak touched the heartstrings of veteran Nationalists when she recalled the violence of the 1980s, mentioning the Tal-Barrani mass meeting attacks, the exile of PN broadcaster Richard Mus- cat and the murder of Raymond Caru- ana. She also mentioned the murder of Karin Grech as a blot on the country's conscience. Pace Axiak condemned the Prime Minister's outburst in Parliament last week, insisting that his threat that Si- mon Busuttil would not be able to set foot in the country again was a return to the dangers of the past. Lawyer Edward Debono said it was unacceptable for the police not to in- vestigate the people in authority that Caruana Galizia had exposed for cor- ruption. He insisted that in Slovakia, "a country that only emerged from be- hind the Iron Curtain" a few years ago, the person who commissioned the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak had been caught. He said the call for justice would nev- er fade away as long as people contin- ued to demand it. Debono condemned Justice Minister Owen Bonnici for repeatedly ordering the removal of Caruana Galizia's me- morial in Valletta. Not just about Daphne Pauline Ades-Mevel from Reporters Without Borders said the organisation was supporting the Caruana Galizia family in their call for an independ- ent inquiry into whether the jour- nalist's death could have been pre- vented. Courtney Radsch from the Com- mittee to Protect Journalists insist- ed that it was unacceptable that a year since Caruana Galizia's murder nobody has been charged with com- missioning the crime. "There appears to be no meaning- ful investigation to find the master- mind… We told the Prime Minister this does not suffice," she said, refer- ring to a meeting five press freedom organisations had with the Prime Minister on Monday. A similar sentiment was expressed by Scott Griffen from the Interna- tional Press Institute, who insisted that Caruana Galizia's case was more than a fight for justice in her regard. "This is also about the type of so- ciety Malta would like to be. Does it want to be a society where criminals are brought to justice or one where they can roam free?" We have not forgotten you – Antonio Tajani European Parliament President Antonio Tajani said the EP was still calling out loud for justice to be done. "Daphne, we have not forgotten you and we will not forget," Tajani wrote on Twitter. 'The mafia will find us here again tomorrow'

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