Prime Minister Robert Abela is seeking credit for the recent developments in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case when no credit is due, Opposition leader Bernard Grech said on Thursday. He was speaking after Prime Minister Robert Abela held two press conferences in as many days, the first after one of the accused pleaded guilty and new arrests were made, and the second following Wednesday night's arraignments. People should delude themselves into believing that these developments in the case were made thanks to the prime minister or his government, Grech said. The developments were the result of the “strength and conviction” of civil society and members of the Nationalist Party, who have persevered in their insistence that the truth be revealed, despite being threatened, he said. "We did not get here because the institutions are working but because those in search of justice prevailed, despite clear attempts at obstruction and collusion from the highest echelons of power,” Grech said. The developments in the investigation weren’t made on the strength of the government’s convictions, because it had instead allowed a culture of impunity to fester from the highest corridors of...
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