MALTA
Times of Malta
Labour yesterday called for political responsibility to be carried for an mistake that led to a defrocked priest being cleared of raping a boy due to a mistake in the charges.
The mistake, which came to light at the end of the case in question, was made by the office of the Attorney General.
However, the party’s justice spokesman Jose Herrera avoided of blaming anyone in the office itself, saying that the Attorney General was left under-resourced by the Justice Ministry and did not have an adequate staff complement.
The Justice Ministry retaliated with a statement pointing out that, according to the Constitution, the AG was independent of government. No minister had the authority to interfere with the way the office operated.
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