When the Shadow Minister for Justice Becomes the Defender of Injustice.
Joe Giglio
On Friday afternoon, Dione Borg, a long-time journalist and presenter on Net TV and Radio 101, found himself facing justice after violating a Court injunction related to the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case.
This was not an accusation of opinion — this was a direct breach of a judicial ordercommitted live, during a programme broadcast on the Nationalist Party’s own station.
Dione Borg
And who was by his side?
None other than Lawyer Joe Giglio — the man appointed only weeks ago by Alex Borg and Bernard Grech as the Shadow Minister for Justice.
Joe Giglio
When the “Defender of Justice” Defends a Breach of Justice
Let’s be clear on what a court injunction actually is.
In the realm of justice, an injunction is a legal instrument that safeguards the judicial process. It ensures that no one — journalist or otherwise — interferes with the right to a fair trial, the privacy of the parties, or the presumption of innocence.
It is there to protect justice itself.
So when someone like Dione Borg ignores a court injunction, he is not exercising freedom of speech — he is undermining the authority of the courts.
And when the Shadow Minister for Justice rushes to defend that breach, it’s not merely unethical — it’s politically disgraceful.
Joe Giglio’s Conflict of Interest
This is not about whether Dione Borg has a right to choose his lawyer. Of course, he does.
But let’s not pretend that Joe Giglio is an ordinary lawyer.
He is the Shadow Minister for Justice, the person who represents the Nationalist Party’s official stance on judicial integrity.
And now, that same man is defending a colleague from his own party’s media network — a journalist accused of violating a court order.
What kind of message does this send to the courts?
What kind of credibility can Joe Giglio or the Nationalist Party ever claim again when they speak about “respect for institutions”?
Questions for the Opposition Leader
And so, I have a few questions for Alex Borg, the Leader of the Opposition and the man who parades himself as a guardian of morality and democracy.
• Did you approve the decision for your Shadow Minister for Justice to represent a journalist who breached a Court injunction?
• Did you discuss with Joe Giglio whether it is politically and morally acceptable for him to defend the same media network that acts as your propaganda machine?
• Or do you, Mr Borg, simply turn a blind eye when it suits your Party’s narrative?
Because if you did give your blessing, then you are as guilty as Giglio in eroding what little credibility the Nationalist Party has left.
Partit Nazzjonalista
When the PN Preaches but Never Practices
The PN loves to shout “rule of law” when it suits their agenda — when they’re attacking Labour, when they’re performing in front of Brussels, when they want to appear as the champions of justice.
But when it comes to their own — when it’s their journalists, their presenters, their insiders — the law suddenly becomes flexible.
This is not rule of law.
This is rule of convenience.
And it’s this kind of double standard that has buried the Nationalist Party in the eyes of ordinary Maltese people.
The truth is simple:
You cannot defend justice by defending those who breach it.
You cannot call yourself a Shadow Minister for Justice while representing your own Party’s wrongdoing.
And you cannot claim moral authority, Alex Borg, when your Party’s idea of “rule of law” changes depending on whether it helps your own people or hurts Labour.
The mask has fallen.
And behind it, there is nothing but arrogance, hypocrisy, and political decay.
