With the retirement on pension of Lino Farrugia Sacco from the Bench, his impeachment saga can at last be laid to rest.
Apart from the fact that the judge’s ill-advised conduct never merited impeachment, the issue was turned into a hot, partisan potato by the Nationalist Party leadership, which kept solemnly reminding us that nobody was above the law.
In the event, no side came out winner or loser, while the retired judge stands out as a having been worthy former member of the judiciary and a life-long promoter of amateur sport in this country.