Parliament’s decision to halt impeachment proceedings against a judge pending the Constitutional Court’s outcome “conspired” to reinforce the conclusion the judiciary became “wholly untouchable” once appointed.

Giovanni Bonello, former European Court of Human Rights Judge who was appointed by the government to head judicial reform, felt the outcome in the parliamentary motion to remove Mr Justice Lino Farrugia Sacco was “totally predictable”.

“I personally never had any doubt that the outcome would be anyhow different,” Dr Bonello told The Sunday Times of Malta.

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