I will not enter into this gagging order tactic. Everybody is free to think whatever. Some saw this as undemocratic. Others saw it as an extent of a court privacy injunction in Maltese public life. Such suppression orders are common in the Australian and British judicial systems, for example. Their breach can result in jail terms. Gagging orders are not easy to enforce because of the digital world.
The Independent had remarked back in 2011 that more than 333 gagging orders were granted in a period of five years in order to protect the identities of celebrities, children, and private individuals.
In 2009, “dozens of high-profile Australian journalists and major media organizations were represented by lawyers in a court on charges relating to breaches of a gag order on reporting about the former Vatican economy chief Cardinal George Pell’s convictions for sexually molesting two choirboys.
Former President Donald Trump was also given a gag order and he was even fined for violating it for the second time earlier this month.
We need to remain seated, relax, and watch the circus of each and every one of those involved evolve in front of us.
What I would like to ask Justice Minister Jonathan Attard is how former dishonoured Attorney General and FIAU chief Peter Grech was given a contract where he is representing his ministry, a contract which “does not stipulate any particular assignment or any place from where he is meant to provide his services.” Minister Jonathan Attard must tell us if former dishonoured Attorney General and FIAU chief Peter Grech is being paid for doing nothing, perhaps, until he is given instructions by his permanent secretary Johan Galea, who receives orders from him.
I am sure there are better men of integrity who can take up the job.
Justice Minister Jonathan Attard should explain why he has dishonoured Peter Grech representing his ministry
I will not enter into this gagging order tactic. Everybody is free to think whatever. Some saw this as undemocratic. Others saw it as an extent of a court privacy injunction in Maltese public life. Such suppression orders are common in the Australian and British judicial systems, for example. Their breach can result in jail terms. Gagging orders are not easy to enforce because of the digital world.
The Independent had remarked back in 2011 that more than 333 gagging orders were granted in a period of five years in order to protect the identities of celebrities, children, and private individuals.
In 2009, “dozens of high-profile Australian journalists and major media organizations were represented by lawyers in a court on charges relating to breaches of a gag order on reporting about the former Vatican economy chief Cardinal George Pell’s convictions for sexually molesting two choirboys.
Former President Donald Trump was also given a gag order and he was even fined for violating it for the second time earlier this month.
We need to remain seated, relax, and watch the circus of each and every one of those involved evolve in front of us.
What I would like to ask Justice Minister Jonathan Attard is how former dishonoured Attorney General and FIAU chief Peter Grech was given a contract where he is representing his ministry, a contract which “does not stipulate any particular assignment or any place from where he is meant to provide his services.” Minister Jonathan Attard must tell us if former dishonoured Attorney General and FIAU chief Peter Grech is being paid for doing nothing, perhaps, until he is given instructions by his permanent secretary Johan Galea, who receives orders from him.
I am sure there are better men of integrity who can take up the job.