Activists take to the streets to protest 'police inaction' on Konrad Mizzi

Hundreds of activists took to the streets of Valletta on Friday to protest against what they say is police inaction on former Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi. Despite the stormy weather that continued to batter the island on Friday evening, a sizeable group of activists gathered outside Auberge de Castille, banners and flags in hand. The protest was held after activists from NGO Repubblika completed a 72-hour sit-in outside the police headquarters in Floriana. ‘We want justice for everyone’ - Aquilina Addressing those at the protest, Repubblika president Robert Aquilina said it is a shame that activists had to once again take to the streets to call for “obvious things that are basic in a functioning democracy”. “Because of people like Konrad Mizzi, Keith Schembri and a lot of other corrupt people who were around the prime corrupt Joseph Muscat and because of the inaction of those who can and should take action, we all ended up on the grey list”. Aquilina said although it has been three months since the publication of the public inquiry into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia and although the activists expected Prime Minister Robert Abela to act, he had failed to do so. “We...