

Web-Journalist Daphne Murder: Risk for main Suspects to Divert Enquiry Away from Political Crimes ?
*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- Surprizingly, After the Recent Press Interviews by "Eurofora" with Mathew Caruana Galizia, Daphne's Son and Journalist himself, and European "ARTE" TV Film-Maker on Daphne's Murder, (New Film due to be Finalized and Published on 2/2020), German Journalist Tim Röhn, at the Beginning of November (4 and 8) on the occasion of CoE's Annual 2019 "World Forum for Democracy", (See : ... + ..., etc), subsequent Developments concerning Daphne's Murder Investigation suddenly appeared to, at last, Start Evolving in the Direction that we had Discussed then :
- "Eurofora" had raised a Question, to Both, on Why there was, until Then, a so Blatantly big Difference between Investigations on Web Journalists' Murders first in Malta, (where Not any Instigator had yet been found at all, and Nobody Bothered among several Suspect Politicians), compared to Slovakia, later-on, (where Instigators were cought and various Top Politicians a.o. had been Seriously Affected) ?
That Key Question, in Fact, (even if Not Explicitly Raised yet), had Already Occupied EU Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs and Liberties, at the Eve of May 2019 EU Elections, when Dutch Liberal MEP Sophie in't Veld was Preparing her relevant Report on that exceptional serial of Journalists' Murders on 2017, withOut recent precedent in Europe.
- Even if they Replied at Different Moments, (Despite having Initially Heard our Question at the Same Moment and in the Same Circumstances), Both Andrew and Tim proved to be quasi-Unanimous on the Main Diagnosis :
>>> It's Because in Slovakia, corrupted and/or inefficient Politicians and/or their Cronies had been Obliged (by popular Protests, Public Pressure, and/or Factual Revelations) to Resign, while, on the Contrary, in Malta, something Similar had Not Happened yet, at least until that moment, they Both Replied in substance, Mathiew at First.
+ Tim advanced a Step Further, Adding, Later-on, also that, in Slovakia's case, (that he Knew well, since the Victim had been, in fact, Working for the Same Big German Media Company as himself), it's Even those in charge of the Investigation (such as Justice Minister, Attorney General, Police Director, etc) who had been Affected too, and, in most cases, Changed and Replaced by Other Persons, more Willing to Act accordingly.
- As for "Journalists' Safety", at least as things stand until Today, "you can Ask ME !...", Bitterly smiling told "Eurofora" Daphne's 2nd Son, Mathew, a Journalist himself, speaking right in Front of CoE's "Platform to Promote the Protection of Journalism" Stand inside the PanEuropean Organisation's HQ Building, on the occasion of its Annual "World Forum for Democracy 2019"....
=> Nowadays Latest Developments on Daphne's Murder in Malta, clearly appear to unfold, precisely, According to that Pattern :
- At First, probably Because of a Time Deadline fixed by the CoE, 2 Years After the 2017 Car Bomb Explosion, added to an "InterPol" Involvement from Nearby Lyon HQ, as well as an Exceptionally Joint, strong Statement by UNO's, OSCE's and CoE's Top Watchdogs for Press Freedom, (who clearly Pleaded for Daphne's "Public Interest" Service, as they Named it, Web Journalism : See http://www.eurofora.net/newsflashes/news/coeosceunondaphnemurder.html), etc, notoriously, some Interesting "New Facts" were Revealed, More key Arrests made, and at least 2 Politicians Resigned, (including the Head of Prime Minister's Office), Opening Hopes that, at last, All the Truth would be Found, and all Instigators UnMasked and Punished for that Brutal Murder.
That was, roughly, the Situation, just 1 or 2 Weeks After "Eurofora"s above-Mentioned INTWs with Mathew Caruana Galizia and Tim Röhn in Strasbourg, (Comp. Supra), i.e. around the 19th of November 2019.
* But, Since then, all out of a Sudden, a kind of Negative "U-Turn" seems to have, More Recently, Bursted out, Threatening to Block, in fact, the still on-going and UnFinished Investigation, or, rather, to Oblige it to Deviate, Pushing it Away from any Top Political Instigators, by Risking to Restrict it Only in a Few Intermediaries, isolated Individuals from the Private Sector, in a way practically Anodynous for any Corrupted Establishment !
Even More than this Trend in itself, it's the Facts about the apparently very Arbitrary Decisions and other Measures Taken, which looks really Revolting... Among many and various others, at least :
- The above-mentioned Head of the Maltese Prime Minister's Office, Mr. Schembri, was Only Briefly Heard by the Police, and Immediately Released, 100% Free.
- An arrested Intermediary, a Private Businessman, Jorgen Fenech, who had Offered to give Testimony on Who was the Instigator for Daphne's Murder, in exchange of Amnesty for himself, reportedly Targetting Schembri and some Ministers around Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, was Refused Amnesty, after 6 Hours of Deliberation by the Government, headed by Muscat. Vainly, Fenech's Lawyers had Warned the Judges that Muscat should Not Influence that Decision, because he had an interest to Refuse.
- Prime Minister Muscat, who had initially said that he would Resign too, Now announced that he Wants to Stay in Office until Mid-January 2020, to supervise the Investigation...
- Moreover, PM. Muscat even Closes the Parliament until the End of January 2020, (i.e. does as ...Cromwell in Great Britain, and even Better than current Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who Tried, but Couldn't Close Down an Hostile Parliament, not even for some Days !).
- Fenech's Lawyers, who had Warned the Judges that the current Head of the Investigations' team should be Changed, Because he was too much Influenced by Schembri and/or PM. Muscat, are Ignored.
- On the Contrary, Muscat's Government gives an Amnesty to anOther Intermediary : Taxi-Driver Melvyn Theuma, who, Initially had Designated as Instigators Both Schembri and Fenech, but, Later-on Focuses Exclusively against Businessman Fenech alone !
- However, Daphne's WebNews Site practically ...Ignores Businessman Yorgen Fenech, that she does Not Cite But Only One (1) sole Time, inside a very Short Article, just 2 Days Before her Death... (On the Contrary, during Many Years, she strongly Criticizes and Denounces Prime Minister Muscat and several among his Ministers, - particularly Konrad Mizzi, initially in charge of Health, afterwards Energy, and Now Tourism, who Resigned-, and, particularly, the Head of Prime Minister's Office, Schembri, that she calls a "Crook", and pictures even at the Last Publication of her Life, just Before she's Brutaly Murdered : The Famous Article with the Mention : - "There are Crooks Everywhere you look now. The situation is Desperate.")...
- So that, Since Prime Minister Muscat seems to Deal Personally with the Investigation (Comp. Supra), almost Any Top Political Lead has been practically Droped. On the Contrary, it's a Low-Level, Not Politically Motivated Hypothesis, which is exclusively Privileged, Limited into a shady, obscure Private Businessman alone, (that Daphne Ignored, most of the time : Comp. Supra) !
Suddenly, you don't hear anything not even about Minister Konrad Mizzi, (resigned), who was a notorious target of Daphne's Criticism, very Close to PM. Muscat and Schembri, while People start to Forget (as the Establishment's Medias curiously Ommit to Mention now), that, initially, he was Minister of Health, before taking over Energy and afterwards Tourism, in charge of a Huge Project to give 3 Public Hospitals of Malta to a Foreign Private Company, whose Owners still Remain "UnKnown", as the Murdered Journalist's Youngest Son, Paul, told recently "Eurofora", but apparently Linked at least to an USA Researcher Focused on Genetic Manipulations, who has recently Reached a Phase for "Tests" on his Controversial and UnCertain Methods, and, Perhaps, even related to the Scandal of "Medical Visas", to which was notoriously linked Muscat's Office former long-time Agent, Neville Gafa, who recently (2018-2019) surfaced anew in the "News" for some Strange, UnExplained Visits and even Political Meetings in Libya, (at the Small Area still controlled by a Shaky Government limited around Tripoli), among Press Speculations in Various Kinds of "Smuggling", from Medical Visas to Irregular Migrants, Fuel, even Brutal Islamist Armed Gangs' Chiefs, etc., and, is, Nowadays, Often Visiting Schembri in his private House, for UnKnown reasons, as CoE's Rapporteur on Daphne's Murder, Dutch MEP Peter Omtzigt just observed, (etc)...
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>>> However, many Concrete Facts, including Recent Revelations, clearly Point towards several UnDeniable, even Direct Links between Daphne's Murderers or Intermediaries and Prime Minister Muscat's Office !
Among various others, See, f.ex., also the following :
- Earlier, even that Intermediary Taxi Driver, Melvyn Theuma, related to the Killers, (Comp. Supra), had Noted on Paper that the Instigators of Daphne's Murder were not only Fenech, but Also Prime Minister Muscat's Office Director, Schembri.
- Theuma (who was given Amnesty for his Testimonies : Comp. Supra) had even been Invited to Personaly Visit the Prime Minister's Office, soon After the Latest, 2017 Elections, (i.e. Near the Date of Daphne's Murder), and he did visit that, then.
- On this occasion, he reportedly even Met Personaly Schembri, took a "Selfie" Photo Together with him, and was Shown Prime Minister Muscat's own Bureau, (etc).
- Moreover, the Intermediary Theuma was also Told, then, that he had just been Enrolled as Agent in a Public Service, and even Started to be Paid the First Months' Salaries, (withOut Yet Knowing Where he was Supposed to be Working)...
- In Addition, a Public Security Agent, (Later Identified as Keneth Camilleri, a Long-Time Security Guard at Prime Minister Muscat's Office, even Following him in several Official Visits, Abroad, but also Neville Gafa in Libya, later-on), as well as a certain "Johann", have reportedly promised Theuma that the Killers would be, Later, "granted Bail, and receive €1 Million each", as many Medias and CoE's Rapporteur noted.
+ Meanwhile, in Parallel, even the Other Intermediary, Businessman Fenech, "has since Testified that Schembri (Prime Minister Office's Director) had kept him Constantly Informed about the Investigation", and "Telephone Data is said to show Frequent Contacts between Fenech and Schembri prior to Fenech’s Arrest". Moreover, Schembri "Warned him that his Phone was Tapped, Conspired with him to Evade Arrest, and passed Secret Messages to him (even) After his Arrest, Telling him What to Say to the Police", observed CoE's Rapporteur on Daphne's Murder, Dutch MEP Peter Omtzigt, in his Latest Written Note, Dated 6 December 2019, and released from Strasbourg.
++ Even Prime Minister Muscat himself, "Admitted that he continued to exchange text Messages with Fenech, after he became Prime Minister", and "Continued" also After Fenech "became an Suspect. Apparently, this was done with the Knowledge of the Malta Security Service (MSS)", Despite the fact that "Muscat had Previously Denied any Contact with Fenech for a ‘Year or two’ before his arrest", CoE's above-mentioned Text adds.
+++ Just this Sunday, 8 Dec. 2019, PM. Muscat's Office former Chief of Staff, Schembri, was reportedly Taken again by Police for anOther Questioning about Documents, (including a Official ID Pass, "Selfie" Photo, and HandWritten Note, etc), around Middleman Theuma's Facticious "Job" to a Public Sector entity, depending from the "Family Ministry", which was, then, Managed by Michael Farrugia, the Current Minister in charge of the Police !...
++++ And Fenech's Lawyers have Already Denounced that Chief Investigator, Inspector Keith Arnoud, was regularly Informing Schembri about the Progres of the Enquiry on Daphne's Murder, asking to Replace him : The Issue has just Started to be Examined by the Courts, which Postponed for After Mid-December...
+++++ But, don't Worry : In Addition, P.M. Muscat's and Schembri's own Lawyer's Daughter-in-Law, Nadine Lia, is reportedly the Magistrate overseing the Enquiry on that Middleman Theuma's Fake Government Job gift, (as the Murdered WebJournalist's Family just Denounced : UPDATED) !!!...
=> Thus, in Malta's "Labour" Party, Nowadays, it seems that all its "Best" Elements and Pals, are, by a Coincidence, taking due "Care of the Investigation" on Daphne's Brutal Murder...
So that the currently Growing Popular Demonstrations, Activists' Protests, (including at controversial Prime Minister Muscat's Office), etc., seem Natural and Inevitable, as things stand.
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>>> In such Circumstances, it's Obviously Easy to understand why EU Parliament's Delegation of MEPs which has just Visited Malta, Returned back with a Message Warning about an imminent "Risk" against "the Integrity of the Investigation", particularly, as long as "Prime Minister Muscat is (still) in place" !
=> That's why, also CoE's Rapporter on Daphne's Murder, Peter Omtzigt, "strongly reiterate(d) (his) Call for Prime Minister Muscat to Resign with Immediate effect. There must be a Prompt and Effective Investigation of the allegations that members of his Office were Implicated in the Murder and its Cover-up. By clinging to office, Muscat Risks Undermining the Investigation and doing yet further Damage to Malta’s national institutions and international Reputation", he Warned in a Written Statement published in Strasbourg on 6/12/2019, (and, meanwhile, even "New Facts" surfaced, during this Week-End, to Further Justify that : Comp. Supra).
Developments clearly show that the 2nd Point made by ARTE's Film-Maker on Daphne's Murder, just after Meeting also his Son Mathew, Earlier in Strasbourg, in the Replies that they both gave to the above-mentioned "Eurofora"s Question about the Causes of that Astonishig Differene between Malta and Slovakia on Web-Journalists' successive Murders since 2017, (Comp. Supra), is, in Fact, the Most Decisive Issue on 2019 : I.e. Urgently Change those who Monitor the Investigation !
Indeed, "the next 40 Days will be Crucial" for Daphne's Murder Enquiry, Warned EU Parliament's competent Delegation of MEPs, as also CoE's Rapporteur reminded this Week-End.
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Recent developments proved that Europe can suceed to overcome challenges by aiming at great objectives, and this is needed also in 2009, said EU chairman, French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
- "It's in the name of Great Ideas, Projects, Ambition and Ideals, that EU can overcome" challenges, stressed Sarkozy at EU Parliament in Strasbourg, in conclusion of a dense 7 months EU Chairmanship. "It's even easier for Europe to have Great projects, able to overcome national egoism, instead of limiting itself only to small projects" (unable to do alike), he observed.
- "Europe must remain Ambitious and understand that the World needs her to take Decisions". "The World needs a Strong Europe", which "thinks on its own, has convictions, its own responses, its imagination" : "A Europe which does not limit itself into following" others, (as it did in the Past, when it followed USA, f.ex. on Bosnia). On the contrary, "Europe should undertake its own responsibilities", he said, after a series of succes in stopping the War between Russia and Georgia, and organizing the 1st EuroZone's Summit in Paris, which incited the Washington DC G-20 Summit to extend similar decisions World-wide.
- "When you sweep it all under the carpet, prepare yourself for hard tomorrows", he warned. "What hinders decisions is the lack of Courage and Will, the fading away of Ideals", he stressed before EU Parliament's 2008 debate on Human Rights and Sakharov prize on Freedom of thought attributed by MEPs to Chinese cyber-dissident Hu Jia, followed by an EU - Turkey meeting on Friday.
- "I don't abandon my convictions" and "I will take initiatives" on EU level also in 2009, Sarkozy announced later. "France will not stop having convictions and taking initiatives" on Europe. + "It's an Error to wish to pass over the Heads of those who are elected in their Countries" : "It's an integrism I always fought against"', he warned.
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French EU Presidency faced 4 unexpected Crisis :
- An institutional crisis, with the Irish "No" to EU Lisbon Treaty, just before it started. A geopolitical crisis, wth the threat of War between Russia and Georgia risking to throw Europe back to Cold-war divisions, on August. A World-wide Financial and Economic crisis, arriving at a bad moment before crucial 2009 EU elections. And even a Strasbourg's mini-crisis, with EU Parliament's roof curiously falling down, from unknown reasons, in a brand new building on August, provoking an unprecedented transfert of the 2 September Plenary Sessions...
But it wasn't enough to stop Sarkozy ! On the contrary, it stimulated him...
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- "The better way to deal with the recent problems of EU institutions (as the "3 NO" by France, the Netherlands and Ireland) is to take them as a "Test" in order to find solutions closer to Citizens' concerns", said later in Strasbourg Sarkozy's new choice as Ministe for EU affairs, Bruno Le Maire.
- On the Institutional front, Sarkozy gave Time to the Irish to think about it, and stroke on December a deal including a New Referendum after the June 2009 EU Elections, in exchange of a promise to keep the rule of "one EU Commissioner for each EU Member Country", and some opt-outs on Defence and Fiscal EU policies, Abortion, etc. If the Irish get a "Yes" Majority, then the institutional package could be completed in 2010 or 2011 on the occasion of Croatia's probable EU accession.
He was accused in Strasbourg to upgrade EU Council and downgrade EU Commision, but he replied that "strong Political initiatives by EU Council reinforce also the more technical role of EU Commission, under the political-technical leadership of its President", all 3 "working together with EU Parliament".
- But, meanwhile, Sarkozy energetically spearheaded an Historic 1st Summit of EuroZone's 15 Heads of State and Government at EU's core, exceptionally enlarged to a partial participation of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on October 12 in Paris' Elysee palace, which started to tackle succesfully the growing world Financial crisis.
It also paved the way for its endorsement by a subsequent Brussels' 27 EU Member States' gathering, before it all come to Washington's G-20 Summit. And "Europe was united, it asked for the 1st G-20 Summit, and it will also organise the next G-20 Summit on April in London", he observed.
But a Conference with EU, Russia, African and other Developing Countries, hosted in Strasbourg shortly after Washington G-20 Summit by the French EU Presidency, took a Resolution asking to enlarge participation to Global Economic Governance. Many found, indeed, illogic and unacceptable that f.ex. states as Turkey were given a seat at G-20 level, while all African Countries, and even the African Union itself, representing the greatest Continent on Earth, were excluded...
Meanwhile, even USA''s "Paulson No 3" Plan, was, in fact, inspired by Europe's No 1 Plan", Sarkozy observed, largelly applauded by MEPs.
And "Europe showed Solidarity" by mobilizing some 22 Billion credit for Hungary, 1,7 billion for Ukraine, as we do nowadays for Baltic States, etc., he added.
The move on Economy was extended on December by an EU stimulus' plan totalling some 200 billion Euros, including 5 Billions released by EU Commission for big Projects, as well as various parallel National plans for Economic revival, (fex. 26 billions in France alone). They might appear limited, compared to USA President-elect Obama's reported plan to boost the American economy with 800 billion $, but at least succeded to overcome Europe's divisions for the first time on Economic governance, opening new horizons.
- The French President stressed even harder the unique role of an active EU Council's chairmanship, when he moved swiftly and efficiently, at the beginning of August, to succesfully stop War between Russia and Georgia, at the last minute, which threatened to bring Europe back to Cold War division.
"We (EU) also wanted to avoid a situation like in Bosnia, in the Past, when EU was absent, so that our American friends took their responsibilitues, and EU only followed", despite the fact that the conflict took place in Europe. Now, it was the EU who took its responsibilities".
A roadmap towards a new PanEuropean Security policy, before which all unilateral moves to place new Missiles (from USA or Russia) would be freezed, was proposed by Sarkozy after a meeting with Russian president Medvedev, at the eve of Washington DC's G-20 Summit.
Ukraine's "European" character was stressed at a Sarkozy - Jushenko Summit, September in Paris, while EU adopted on December an "Eastern policy", in which, "I'm convinced that our (EU's) future is to find with our Neighbours the conditions for Economic Development. Peace and Security, by explaining them that.. they must respect (Human Rights') Values, and adopt behaviors different from the Past", explained Sarkozy in Strasbourg.
Meanwhile, the "Union for the Mediterranean" was created, since July's Summit if 45 Heads of State and Government in Paris, as "an organisation for a permanent Dialogue, that we need", mainly in order to tackle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, by bringing together, for the 1st time, Israelis and Arabs, where "Europe must be present, in order to avoid a frontal clash".
- "If Europe doesn't take its part for Peace in the Middle-East, nobody else will do that in our place", Sarkozy stressed.
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Meanwhile, other EU Agreements were brokered during the French EU Presidency on Immigration, (fex. common Asylum rules, etc), and Climat- Energy :
- On Climat-Energy, the 2007 German EU Presidency had fixed a triple 20% aim for 2020 (20% renewable Energies, 20% reduction of CO2 emmission, 20% energy efficience/economies), and the 2008 French EU Presidecny realized that, making the necessary compromises in order to modernize EU's industry, but without throwing some former Central-Eastern European Countries into abrupt Economic break down risking "social explosion".
- Defence-Security EU policy was mainly postponed for April 2009, since both German chancellor Merkel and French president Sarkozy want to strike a deal with the new American president Obama in Strasbourg's NATO Summit.
However, with all these 4 unexpected Crisis diverting attention to other urgencies, People wil wonder now, what happened to the famous deal proposed by freshly-elected French President Sarkozy on Turkey's controversial EU bid, back on August 2007, to continue EU - Turkey negotiations, but on the double condition that core chapters, intrinsequally linked with EU Membership, will be excluded, and that a collective Reflexion and Debate on Europe's future would start before the end of 2008.
It was meant to reply to the crucial question : What kind of Europe do we want in 10 or 20 Years from now : A large Market, or a Political Europe, with a popular identity ? In Sarkozy's thinking, presented in his 2 landmark speeches on Europe in Strasbourg, shortly before and after the 2007 Elections, (on February and July 2007), Turkey's controversial EU bid would be incompatible with the second choice.
It's true that EU Commision's Chairman, Jose Barroso, (who had notoriously declared, as former Portuguese Prime Minister, that he found "nonsense" the idea that Europe might become equal to the US), had repeatedly tried to avoid that Sarkozy's criticism on Turkey might start winning a larger audience in Europe, preferring a discrete "wismens' committee" work. And that most of the personalities later chosen in order to participate in a Committee on Europe's Future, are too much linked with Socialist parties and/or American policies, to be really critical of USA's notorious wish to impose Turkey to the EU, as Sarkozy had noted himself since March 2007..
- "It's on EU Council's presidency to take political initiatives. EU Commission has other competences", stressed Sarkozy. The "European Ideal" is to "build Europe with the States, not against them". "Ask Europeans to chose between their countries and Europe won't work. You don't choose between your two parents : We must add them together".
"France and Germany have an Historic Duty to work together, precisely because of what happened to the Past. We have to work hand by hand. We cannot be separated.It goes beyond me and Mrs Merkel today, Mr Schroeder and Mr. Chirac yesterday. It's not a choice, it's a duty to Europe and to the World". "We need Germany, as Germany needs Europe". Compromise is inevitable, here as everywhere, and each one made some steps towards eachother's positions.
But "it's true that Mrs Merkel didn't chose her Socialist partners, while I chose mine", Sarkozy said, in an indirect hint that the Socialist Minister of Finance in Germany might be a cause of minor past disagreements in Economy, which were overcome in recent negotiations.
"We (France and Germany) have particular duties in Europe", but "in a Europe of 27 Member States, it's not enough for France and Germany to agree between them.
"I always thought that Great Britain has a special role to play in Europe. ... Now, everybody "saw what it cost payed the UK for having been too exclusively open towards the US (and) Financial services. Europe needs the UK, but also the UK needs Europe" :- "We were able to face the hardest moment of the Financial crisis because the UK clearly chose Europe", stressed Sarkozy, reminding Gordon Brown's exceptional participation to the Historic 1st Heads of State/Government Summit of EuroZone, October 12 in Paris (See EuroFora's Reportage from Elysee Palace then).
- "Some look at Europe with old glasses aged 30 years ago. While we must look at her in relation to what it will be in 30 years" in the Future, Sarkozy concluded.
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