KSU releases a statement calling for Hon. Dr Zammit Lewis to resign as well as other Members of Parliament who formed part of Joseph Muscat’s Cabinet.
A statement was issued by KSU – (Kunsill Studenti Universitarji) on the 19th of August 2021 calling for the resignation of those Members of Parliament who formed part of Joseph Muscat’s Cabinet. After consultations with the student body, this statement was endorsed by 13 student organisations and 11 student representatives.
The statement was issued after the released public inquiry which relates to the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
KSU stated that ‘The Cabinet, led by Joseph Muscat, were well aware of the corruption and impunity developing within the highest level of Government’.
It continued on to explain that: ‘The connections and close relationships with those accused of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder show hazed and unclear lines between those governing the State and those who resort to criminality and corruption. The silence from members of the Cabinet has led to an unfortunate lack of accountability that KSU feels is owed to the Maltese public.’
It is for this reason that KSU decided to publish such a statement stating that ‘the fraternisation between the Minister of Justice and Good Governance, Hon. Dr Edward Zammit Lewis and accused mastermind, Yorgen Fenech’ is unacceptable.
Moreover, KSU specifically calls for the resignation of Hon. Dr Zammit Lewis, explaining that ‘It is unacceptable to accept a scenario where the Minister whose main purpose is to preserve and ensure the pursuit of Justice and Rule of Law to be heavily associated and intimately linked with an accused mastermind behind the assassination of a journalist’.
This statement released by KSU aims to address this situation by hoping that ‘the State will seriously address and implement the recommendations put forward by the Inquiry without delay.’