Watch: 'Justice system is not facing paralysis,' Owen Bonnici insists

Updated at 3.35pm with video Justice Minister Owen Bonnici on Monday fended off concerns raised by the Group of States against Corruption (Greco) about Malta’s justice system facing paralysis unless reforms were undertaken. Dr Bonnici said the government had consented to the publication of the Greco anti-corruption report this morning. The report was approved recently following a scheduled evaluation visit to Malta last October, but its publication had to be authorised by the government. The Sunday Times of Malta reported how evaluators from the Council of Europe said it was clear Malta needed to increase its capacity to deal with allegations of corruption and other offences involving government officials. The lack of action against top officials facing corruption allegations conveyed a feeling in the public that senior officials benefit from a total impunity for their actions, Greco said in its report. Asked to react to these strong findings, Dr Bonnici said the crux of the Greco criticism was about “legacy laws” that the government was intent on changing. When it was pointed out that the Labour government had been in power for six years and the Greco report was critical about...