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Probabli dan ikun isem tajjeb għal xi film. Il-ħasra hija li qed ngħixuh bħala realtà. Keith Schembri din il-ġimgħa kellu jidher il-Qorti fil-kawża ta’ libell li fetaħ hu stess kontra Simon Busuttil. Il-Qorti mar, imma ma marx biex iwieġeb. Mar biex jargumenta li m’għandux iwieġeb. Għax skont hu, jinfluwenza l-inkjesti Maġisterjali li qegħdin isiru.

Il-Maġistrat iddeferixxa l-każ, u għalissa Keith Schembri ħarab milli jwieġeb fil-Qorti. Il-ħarba kompliet wara l-kawża wkoll pero’ hekk kif il-ġurnalist bravu tat-Times of Malta Jacob Borġ, prova jieħu t-tweġiba ta’ Keith Schembri għal mistoqsija “ta’ min hi 17 Black?”, li Keith Schembri ftit ilu qal li kienet parti mill-business plan tiegħu. Araw il-video ta’ din il-ħarba, li telqet mill-Qorti u baqgħet sejra sa Kastillja (ara hawn). Fiha tifhmu kif tnaqqret id-demokrazija f’pajjiżna, hekk kif apparti li ma jweġibx mistoqsija leġittima, Keith Schembri sa jdur fuq il-ġurnalist u jheddu li hu kien “iħallaslu l-paga”.

Keith Schembri f’kumment wieħed ammetta kif il-Kasco kienet tgħaddi flus lit-Times (niftakru l-każ li wassal għat-tkeċċija ta’ Adrian Hillman), bl-iskop li jinfluwenza x’jagħmlu, x’jistaqsu u x’jinvestigaw il-ġurnalisti tagħha. Għal grazzja ta’ Alla jidher li din l-influwenza tilifha. Mill-banda l-oħra, tikxef kif dan il-bniedem, li dellu dallam id-demokrazija ta’ repubblika sħiħa, kien u għadu jopera: billi jixtri u jxaħħam.



Dan l-artiklu deher fil-Mument tal-Ħadd 10 ta' Ġunju 2018.

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