Grech slams 'law of the jungle' as he repeats calls for Byron Camilleri to quit
Bernard Grech has accused Robert Abela of allowing the "law of the jungle" to reign as the Opposition repeated its calls for Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri to resign.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Grech said Camilleri should take responsibility for failing to temporarily suspend the prison chief when he was charged with threatening a man with a gun.
Earlier this week , prison boss Robert Brincau was found guilty of a range of offences including injuring a man and carrying a gun without a licence at Għadira Bay in August.
Brincau has since stepped down from his role as correction facility director, however, opposition home affairs spokesperson Joseph Giglio said that it is too late for that to be the effective solution.
“The fact that he has now resigned does not change or lessen the mistaken decision that was taken in the beginning,” he said as he put the blame on Camilleri for not listening to the opposition’s advice back then.
Giglio said that, when the accusations against Brincau emerged in August, the opposition advised the government that the best thing in the circumstances is that the then-prison director suspend himself.
However, Home Affairs Minister...