Switzerland’s humiliating rejection of Malta’s request for judicial assistance in the Vitals hospitals case has confirmed what many already knew: the magisterial inquiry is a national disgrace.
The Swiss authorities did not just decline Malta’s request – they obliterated it. Their reply exposed the inquiry’s utter incompetence, calling the request a “fishing expedition” with no legal basis or investigative merit. In blunt terms, they told Malta: “Your inquiry is so badly drafted it cannot even be processed.”
Think about that. This is a billion-euro corruption inquiry that claims to defend taxpayers, yet it failed to provide the most basic legal requirements:
– No clear facts of the alleged crime
– No details of dates, places, or modus operandi
– No evidence connecting bank accounts to wrongdoing
– Not even information identifying the bank accounts they wanted to investigate
Instead, the inquiry demanded Swiss banks hand over every transaction of entire companies over six years, without specifying why. Switzerland rightly called it what it is: an indefinite search for evidence with no legal grounds.
This is not just embarrassing – it is a catastrophe for Malta’s credibility. The Vitals case has been hijacked by grandstanding magistrates desperate for headlines and political applause, ignoring basic investigative standards. Their amateurism is now internationally exposed, dragging Malta’s justice system through the mud.
The Maltese public should ask: how can we trust this inquiry to uncover truth when it cannot draft a simple letter rogatory properly? The same inquiry that claims to prosecute billion-euro corruption cannot even identify which bank accounts are allegedly involved. This is not justice. It is political theatre.
Switzerland’s verdict is clear: Malta’s magisterial inquiry is not serious, not credible, and not professional. It is a national disgrace, humiliating our country on the global stage and proving once again that in Malta, inquiries are more about political spectacle than real accountability.
