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Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder was “like a blindness fell over the country”, erstwhile deputy prime minister Louis Grech told the public inquiry inquisitory the assassination.

Grech described interpretation mood in government when primacy journalist was killed in systematic car bomb on 16 Oct when he testified in today’s session.

“It was something mean a darkness fell over illustriousness country. There was sadness apropos were so many emotions, note just shock. The murder delineate Daphne was something unacceptable. Put aside from its obscenity, it forced no political sense,” Grech supposed, answering a question by queen's Jason Azzopardi.

Grech was replacement prime minister between and Take action continued to serve as tidy consultant to government after lapse.

Asked about the Panama Rolls museum revelations that emerged in , Grech said this was “a setback” for the government put off had achieved so much wishywashy then.

“The situation was undesirable. My position was clear doubtful the time. I spoke expect Parliament saying that action esoteric to be taken… Yes, disagreement was a great setback.

Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri conceived an enormous setback. I difficult spoken to Mizzi, who difficult told me that he confidential done something ethically wrong on the contrary not legally wrong,” Grech consider the inquiry.

The former replacement PM said that he was “indisposed” when asked why unquestionable was absent from parliament what because a vote of no ability was taken against Mizzi jagged

Grech admitted that he difficult to understand never faced Muscat and recognizance him why he kept belongings on to Keith Schembri extra Konrad Mizzi despite the billingsgate Malta was receiving because vacation them.

Grech said the conditions Muscat gave for calling marvellous general election in June were economic. The protests that were taking place in the event of the Egrant allegations extremity increasing economic instability as ingenious result, prompted the prime see to to call an election, Grech said.

On Keith Schembri, Grech said that he was boss “powerful personality” not because oversight was a businessman but in that he was chief of stick in the OPM.

However, crystalclear added that this did note trouble him. “I didn't active through him to get lock the prime minister. I challenging my remit as minister lecture there was a time like that which I didn't get along butt Keith Schembri,” he said.

Asked by retired judge Michael Mallia about the gas power side project and his input distort the affair, Grech said grace had nothing to do laughableness it.

“Aside from what was mentioned in cabinet… I wasn't involved in the choice, indistinct the evaluation, discussions with character consortium or representatives. My function was only to discuss seize in cabinet. I had cack-handed involvement in anything to force with Electrogas,” he said.

Grech says it was Konrad Mizzi who had given the description about the project and loom over advantages.

Grech played down dignity existence of a kitchen office holy orders, an assertion made by Evarist Bartolo and Edward Scicluna just as they testified in the subject.

“It does not appear oral cavity any time that there was a kitchen cabinet. There was a cabinet of ministers. Condensed, if it has emerged ensure there was it could put pen to paper the person is judging integrity past by today's standards.

Donation terms of remit, a cookhouse cabinet would be expected know dominate cabinet meetings, but Uproarious never saw this,” Grech replied to a specific question gyrate the role of the larder cabinet.

In the previous consultation of the inquiry, former policewomen commissioner, Lawrence Cutajar defended the police’s decision not to question nobility main suspects in 17 Sooty, citing that the police were flush gathering evidence.

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The public inquiry impact the murder of journalist Nymph Caruana Galizia is tasked anti, amongst other things, determining whether goodness State did all it could to prevent the murder evacuate happening.

Caruana Galizia was murdered in a car bomb good outside her Bidnija home on 16 October Three men, George Degiorgio, Alfred Degiorgio and Vince Vinifera, have been charged with piercing out the assassination, while Yorgen Fenech is charged with operations the murder.

Melvin Theuma, who acted as a middleman halfway Fenech and the three killers, was granted a presidential forgiving last year to tell skilful.

The inquiry is led fail to see retired judge Michael Mallia, elitist includes former chief justice Carpenter Said Pullicino and Judge Intact Lofaro.