MALTA
Times of Malta
The Labour spokesman on justice, Jose’ Herrera, said today that political responsibility has to be shouldered for the fact that a former priest was acquitted of raping a child because of a mistake in the charge sheet.
Speaking at a press conference outside the law courts, Dr Herrera said that then Justice Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici had known about a shortage of staff at the Attorney General’s Office, but had not invested enough in the office at the time.
Although some recruitment of lawyers had since been made, staff shortages were still being felt.
He said that the AG’s office has to deal with all prosecutions while also representing the government in court and assisting in the drafting of laws.
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