Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that he is a firm believer in the institutions and that he will continue to defend them.

Answering a single question outside Parliament yesterday, after his Parliamentary speech which mainly focussed on the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder, this newsroom asked Muscat whether he believes the institutions have failed given that there were six bombs in two years, and that there were a number of investigations (related to the Panama Papers, Egrant etc.) that had to have a request made in order to be launched.

“There were 25 bombs in 12 years before that. So I think one must put everything in context. I said what I had to say Parliament. I will continue to defend the institutions and I am a firm believer in the institutions,” he said.

Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered in a brutal car-bombing last Monday, when she left her home in Bidnija.

Last July, The Malta Independent ran an article which read: “The seven car bombings that have occurred since 2011 - five since the beginning of last year - remain open and unsolved, and have elements that could classify the attacks as 'gang violence', a police spokesperson has told The Malta Independent on Sunday. At the same time, Home Affairs Minister Michael Farrugia has conceded that 'organised crime is not something new'.”