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WEDNESDAY • 22 JANUARY 2020 • ISSUE 671 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
EDITORIAL • PAGE 9
GOOD GOVERNANCE
POLICE
How to
abort a
national
discussion
Former deputy
police chief
Silvio Valletta
investigated
Will Robert
Abela steal the
opposition's
thunder?
K ARL AZZOPARDI
THE next police commissioner will
be chosen after a public call and the
appointment will only be finalised
after a grilling by MPs, government
is proposing.
The new method was approved by
Cabinet on Tuesday and according
to Prime Minister Robert Abela
is in line with recommendations
made by the Venice
Commission.
Malta relegated to 'flawed
democracy' in Economist index
Police commissioner to
be chosen after public
call and grilling by MPs
RAPHAEL VASSALLO
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KURT SANSONE
MALTA has been rele-
gated to a 'flawed democ-
racy', making it one of
five countries in Western
Europe to be classified as
such by a reputable index.
The slippage is linked
to the political crisis sur-
rounding the assassina-
tion of Daphne Caruana
Galizia that forced the
prime minister to step
down this month, the
Economist Intelligence
Unit said.
Malta classified as a 'full
democracy' last year.
Robert Abela
Protests intensified in December, demanding Joseph Muscat's immediate resignation
after revelations implicated his closest aide in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
The Economist Intelligence
Unit's Democracy Index has
downgraded Malta after
developments in the Daphne
Caruana Galizia murder
case rocked the political
establishment