Issue link: https://maltatoday.uberflip.com/i/232206
17 News former MP Wenzu Mintoff in 1990, asking for the removal from office of Peralta as well as another magistrate maltatoday, SUNDAY, 22 DECEMBER 2013 on grounds of misbehaviour. Peralta was then magistrate at the Gozo Court and was essential in granting ownership rights overnight to a dubious land title owner of the Sant' Antnin Battery in Qala, who could then sell it to his fellow magistrate. The impeachment motion however fell through, as there was still no legal procedure to investigate magistrates. In December 1994, then prime minister Eddie Fenech Adami presented another impeachment motion against Magistrate Peralta. At that time the newly established Commission for the Administration of Justice had refused Fenech Adami's motion, saying there were no grounds for the impeachment motion to be debated in parliament. In fact, the reasons behind the motion were never made public officially although they are known to revolve around an alleged abusive relationship with an Asian woman. Peralta returned to service in the Maltese courts in 2012 after having served eight years in tribunals in former Yugoslavia. Before leaving to serve as an international judge, Peralta had left 283 pending magisterial inquiries. In 2003 he was assigned to the UN Interim Mission in Kosovo and served as an international judge with jurisdiction over war crimes and organised crime. He was also appointed Presiding Judge of the Special Chamber of the Supreme Court of Kosovo, dealing with privatisation matters. Ten months later, he was elevated to the position of Chief International Judge of Kosovo with overall responsibility for managing the international justice programme in the country. In this capacity, he also presided over trials involving war crimes and international terrorism. mdalli@mediatoday.com.mt One free month with Limitless Home Pack Interactive Get more. Switch today! Terms apply go.com.mt The first impeachment motion against Peralta was proposed by former MP Wenzu Mintoff in 1990; the second was by former prime minister Eddie Fenech Adami in 1994