Muscat expects government reaction on Karin Grech appeal judgement
Karin Grech had been killed when she opened a letter bomb addressed to her father Edwin.
The Labour leader expects the government to react to the recent decision by the Court of Appeal to uphold Karin Grech's judgment which confirmed a previous judgment which had awarded her father Edwin Grech €420,000 in damages for the fatal bombing.
15-year-old Karin, had opened a large brown envelope addressed to her father which contained a pen-box shaped parcel in Christmas wrapping. It exploded in her hands.
She died in hospital while her brother, who had been standing close to her, had to be operated upon. The murder took place on December 28, 1977.
The First Hall of the Civil Court last year established the motive behind the bomb as being her father's services to the government during the politically sensitive period.
The government filed an appeal arguing that while it was not contesting the actual sum awarded as compensation it was appealing the "general suspicion" that the motive behind the bomb was her father's work.
The government argued that the court could not make such a declaration when the case had not even been solved.
In their recent judgment, Acting Chief Justice Geoffrey Valenzia, Mr Justice Giannino Caruana Demajo and Mr Justice Tonio Mallia, in the Constitutional Court, said that once the government had accepted to pay damages during the course of the appeal, then it inferred that it accepted the original judgment and the reasoning behind the award of the damages as they were intrinsically linked.
Dr Muscat said yesterday that it was cabinet which had decided to appeal the Court's Decision, which had now been confirmed.
In other countries, such a decision would have led to a minister tendering his resignation.
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Mr Lawrence Cardona
Apr 17th 2011, 08:36
I think the PN should and have to answer more not only on this case but on others that are still pending and to the bloggers down here trust me you know nothing if you keep deffending the PN party i remeber big heads of the party promising to solve lots of crimes happened int the 80's but the only thing i saw was promotions to people in the police force that should have been takeb to court and this happened with a big surprise to all those who where and still are waiting for justice to be done one of wich is the killing of Willfred Cardona that happens to be my relative so before judging and grembling we have been waiting for justice for more then 20 years now shame PN.
M Piscopo
Apr 16th 2011, 20:17
@Mr. Aquilina: Stop insulting our intelligence and try to show some respect for the victim’s memory. Those who refuse to recognise Karin Grech’s murder for what it is – the most tragic and vile politically-motivated assassination in Malta’s history - are condoning the act. Justifying what happened because of the alleged ‘dark times’ that prevailed at the time is disgusting. Shame on you! By contrast, Joseph Muscat showed political maturity and the signs of a national leader when he met with the family of Raymond Caruana and expressed his grief and that of the party he represents at the tragic loss of their relative. May such bloody incidents never occur again in this country. But finding excuses for the excesses of the past, like Mr Aquilina and the PN are doing, is definitely not the way forward.
Mr Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Apr 16th 2011, 21:39
@Sur Piscopo, mela vera li kif jgħid il-Malti li l-verita tweġġha.
Jien xorta nipqa nisħaq li s-snin tmenin u s-snin tas-sebgħinijiet huma l-għar żmien tal-poplu Malti.
U din hi l-verita li tweġġha, u li ma tistgħux tħasru mill-istorja ta' Malta!
Taf minn jinsulta l-inteliġenza tal-poplu Malt Sur Piscopo,. Minn iżomm mat-Taljani għan-nuqqas ta' solidarjeta li urew mal-glandestini u maqdar l-awtoritajiet Maltin għas-solidarjeta u l-ħniena li urew mal-glandestini li salvaw mill-għarja.
Għalhek poplu Malti għandek tkun dejjem attent u tinsa xejn minn dak kollu li qed jgħidu dawn in-nies u l-passat ikraħ tal-gvernijiet Lauristi tagħhom, għax jekk tavda il-wied minn fejn għadda jerġa jgħaddi!
Mr Simon Bonello
Apr 16th 2011, 22:57
@ Mr. Aquilina... anzi darba kien hemm gharef li qalilna fuq il fosos waqt mass meeting li jekk jitla hu jaf u ha jikxef lil min qatila lil din il- povra tifla... forsi nsejt Nen?
Mark Galea
Apr 16th 2011, 17:57
As usual, our dear Joseph is checking surveys before talking. Just another way to win those "right" votes. I always believed that we had a more "nationalistic" PL and a more "centre" PN.
Joe, in 96 the same popular(istic) methods have been used to win the election (Remember VAT)
Ms pat muscat
Apr 16th 2011, 17:35
Epsodju iehor tal-wahx fl-istorja politika maltija. L-aqwa li tellajna lil awtur ta 'Realta' il-qorti.
Mr Carmel (Nenu) Aquilina
Apr 16th 2011, 17:32
@Dr MUSCAT: Mela veru għandek f'moħħok li tigverna bħal ma kienu jigvernaw dawk kollha ta' qablek fis-sebgħinijiet u t-tmenijiet?
Dawk iż-żminie=jiet għalina l-Maltin u l-Għawdxin li għexnihom, kienu żminijiet tad-dlam, tal-biża, ta'terrur,tas-swat, ta' qtil fid-depot tal-pulizija, ta' friżar tal-paga, ta' trattati militari sigrieti ma pajjiżi wara l-purtiera tal-ħadied, ta' gass tad-dmugħ, ta' tkeċċija ta' tobba, ta' skejjel magħluqa, ta' studenti msawta, ta' kurunell ta' l-armata jidħol jedded fil-parlament lill-Dr Fenech Adami. ta' tkissir tat-times, tat-tkissir tad-dar ta' Fenech Adami, ta' tkissir tal-Kurja, ta' qorti kostituzzjonali mhix kostitwita biex il-partit tiegħek fil-gvern ta' Mintof jipqa jagħmel li jrid u ħadd ma lista jiftaħlu kawża kostituzzjonali, u ħafna u ħafna ħniżrijiet oħra li wettaqtu kontra l-poplu Malti u Għawdxi!
U mela illum tiġi tgħid li qed tistenna r-reazzjoni tal-gvern ta' Gonzi, anzi inti taf ir-rispett li gonzi u l-gvern għandu lejn l-istituzzjonijiet Maltin.
Jiena waħda nistaqsi:
Li kien kellu jiġi solvut dan il-każż makabru ta' din il-fjura sabieħa u li kull ċittadin Malti u Għawdxi onest jixtieq u jispera, u jiġi ppruvat li ma kienx każż b'intenzjonijiet politiċi, x'ser tirrispondi l-qorti u inti?
Poplu Malti ħsiebek hemm, kun inteliġenti bħal ma dejjem kont u tħalliex lill minn jimpresjonak, ftakar dejjem li l-passat huwa l-mera tal-futur, u l-passat ta' dawn in-nies fil-gvernijiet tas-sebgħinijiet u t-tmeninijiet tinsieħx!
Mr carmel tonna
Apr 16th 2011, 16:56
It is fantastic! Mr. Hili is so democratic that he wants to determine what others should declare or not....maybe what is being said is not to his liking..in that case, Hili, you should just lump it and join the gaddafi, mubarak and ben ali's families.
Philip Hili
Apr 16th 2011, 14:48
But Dr. Muscat, when are you going to grow up and show the Maltese electorate that you are able to govern a country? Don't you think that statements like the one you have just made as regards to the judgement in the case of the Government' appeal in connection with the case of Karen Grech are uncalled for because the Leaders of the Nationalist Party abide by the judgements delivered by the courts?
Now I can understand you better why you said that you will pay the VAT to the car owners even though the court hands a sentence against the PL, because you are not prepared to accept a court's decision after all possibilities were exhausted in order to win an appeal and a decision taken against you or against the PL.