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WEDNESDAY • 28 OCTOBER 2020 • ISSUE 711 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
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Bernard Grech's
budget speech
Poor pitch
for new
vision
PAGE 3
Abela says
budget will
cater for the
next 10 years
Coronavirus:
Two deaths
registered in
24 hours
MATTHEW VELLA
THE lawyer of murder suspect
Vincent Muscat 'il-Koħħu'
thinks Prime Minister Robert
Abela should recuse himself
from any Cabinet discussion
on a presidential pardon for
his client, "for transparency's
sake".
Mark Sant said Abela should
recuse himself on discussion
on a pardon for his client,
after it was revealed that he
was formerly a lawyer for the
Agius brothers, who were re-
ferred to by their family nick-
name in court as the suppliers
of the bomb that killed Daph-
ne Caruana Galizia.
"This was news to my client
and his family," Sant told Mal-
taToday. "I have no doubt that
Robert Abela will do the right
thing in this delicate matter."
Muscat has requested a par-
don in return for information
on the Caruana Galizia assas-
sination and other crimes.
But Sant said Abela should
not be cavalier about the deci-
sion. "I hope he is aware that
his is not the only conflict of
interest among the current
Cabinet members,", referring
to his client's recent court ap-
plication in which he alleged
that "prominent individuals"
yet to be publicly named are
involved in Daphne Caruana
Galizia's murder and other
crimes.
Muscat has accused the police
of unnecessarily delaying a re-
port on his request – pending
since April 2018 – for a presi-
dential pardon to walk free, in
exchange for information about
the journalist's murder and oth-
er crimes he says he has inside
knowledge about.
Kohhu lawyer: best for Abela
to recuse himself on pardon
Vince Muscat, il-Kohhu, (right) is one of three men accused of murdering journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia
