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KURT SANSONE ksansone@mediatoday.com.mt MeDirect Bank (Malta) plc, company registration number C34125, is licensed by the Malta Financial Services Authority to undertake the business of banking in terms of the Banking Act (Cap. 371) and investment services under the Investment Services Act (Cap. 370). Proudly Maltese. Proudly Yours. Gianluca Bezzina DOCTOR AND ARTIST PAGE 2 YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT SUNDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2025 • ISSUE 1318 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY Tooting the party horn Labour's Labour's newest MP Ramona newest MP Ramona Attard on abortion and Attard on abortion and the proposed changes to the proposed changes to magisterial inquiries magisterial inquiries INTERVIEW INTERVIEW MT2 MT2 maltatoday Robert Abela is doubling down on his attempts to rally the core to save his skin PAGES 8 - 9 Making it harder for private citizens to request magisterial inquiries PAGES 10 - 11 Tribal wars Legal reform €2.20 Silvio Schembri's reliance on statement by disgraced journalist raises red flag ECONOMY Minister Silvio Schembri is refusing to engage in public on a controversial decla- ration he produced by disgraced journalist Ivan Camilleri when contesting a magisterial inquiry request. Camilleri's declaration was in- tended to 'exonerate' Schembri from wrongdoing in relation to several critical news reports the former had penned for The Shift News. The existence of this declaration was confirmed by Magistrate An- toine Agius Bonnici in his ruling that refuted lawyer Jason Azzo- pardi's request for an inquiry into what he described as Schembri's unexplained wealth. Azzopardi has appealed the ruling. But when contacted by Malta- Today to clarify the circumstanc- es around Camilleri's declaration, Schembri insisted he will only speak in court. PAGE 2 MALTA'S cannabis associations will be allowed to sell cannabis resin and rosin, the Authority for the Responsible Use of Cannabis (ARUC) Executive Chairperson Joey Reno Vella confirmed to MaltaToday. Cannabis associations to sell resin and rosin later this year Photo: Ilenia Debono/MaltaToday Malta bids farewell to Mgr Victor Grech Mgr Victor Grech, the former Caritas director and founder of drug rehabilitation services, was laid to rest on Saturday following a funeral mass at St John's Co-Cathedral. The influential priest, who dedicated his life to helping those battling substance abuse, passed away on 5 February, at the age of 95. SEE ALSO TRIBUTE ON PAGE 4 Silvio Schembri KARL AZZOPARDI kazzopardi@mediatoday.com.mt Cannabis rosen