Letters to the editor - July 5, 2022

Justice for Lassana Cisse

Lassana Cisse was murdered in a racially motivated attack three years ago. Only now has his body been returned to relatives in the Ivory Coast.

That, in itself, is shameful.

Lassana Cisse

I understand that COVID slowed the process down. I doubt if it should have stopped it.

More importantly, two soldiers were arrested and charged with his murder. This is in addition to charges against the same two for the attempted murder of another two men, not to mention a hit-and-run incident as well. When will there be justice for Cisse’s family?

And can we ask the attorney general why these two soldiers have not been tried in three years? Surely this case of murder requires some measure of action on her part.

Alan Zelt – Naxxar

A step back instead of forward

At the very last moment, Alex Perici Calascione ended up as the only one to submit his application for the post of PN deputy-leader. The Labour Party had immediately claimed that no one within the PN’s parliamentary group had wanted to associate themselves as deputy leader to Bernard Grech.

When a good number of PN MPs were on their way to parliament, they were asked for their reaction to the fact that no one...