Malta's newly enacted law concerning magisterial inquiries has sparked significant political and legal controversy, prompting fierce debates over its constitutional soundness and its implications for the rule of law. Justice Minister Jonathan Attard has firmly defended the law, declaring it “constitutionally sound” and beneficial for citizens, despite strong opposition from civil society organizations like Repubblika, which has vowed to challenge it in the constitutional court....
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