Stabbing was 'act of self-defence'

Joe Fenech

Sep 24th 2012, 22:26

Why do you think Malta is a third world country?

Raymond Sammut

Sep 25th 2012, 01:36

@ Arthur Mortimer

It could be because there are two cases here that are to some degree related, and both involve grave bodily harm.

In general, however, the reason for the long delays that many Maltese citizens are being made to endure in the Maltese courts should be clear. The picture shown above is now all too familiar. The picture shows a judiciary complex which is iconic, central and outdated. It was built back in the sixties, and left as is ever since by consecutive governments, while the Maltese population near doubled and became far more demanding.

In my view, Malta needs to revamp its judiciary, and equip the courts with additional complexes distributed among some of the major towns such as Rabat, Birkirkara and Gzira. Valletta should only have to deal with the more complex cases.

Jay Oatmon

Sep 25th 2012, 08:31

The Malta courts are a cash cow for the lawyers and they run the show for their benefit and convenience. They work just three mornings a week (not even a 5 day week) despite a massive backlog of court cases, and many politicians are also lawyers so change is not in their interests.

Any civilised country's court system would be expected to work at least 5 full days each week until the caseload is 'normal' - but this is Malta and the lawyers want to preserve their relaxed lifestyle at the cost of prompt justice.

Dr DeBono was correct and the courts are operated in a complex illogical time wasting manner - which is not acceptable.

I am waiting for one of the parties to confirm it will radically overhaul the ancient courts system of Malta to benefit justice for all.