Magistrate Josette Demicoli has been selected by lot to lead the magisterial inquiry on the allegations surrounding the Prime Minister's chief of staff Keith Schembri and former managing director of Allied Newspapers Ltd. Adrian Hillman. 

This comes after Magistrate Aaron Bugeja, who is conducting a separate inquiry on the Egrant allegations, ruled that the evidence presented by Leader of the Opposition Simon Busuttil last week satisfied the prerequisites needed for there to be an inquiry on the in genere.

Last week, Opposition Leader went before Magistrate Aaron Bugeja with eight boxes of "irrefutable proof" on the allegations involving Mr Schembri and Mr Hillman, who is the former managing director of Allied Newspapers. 

Dr Busuttil had said that he has evidence showing that Keith Schembri paid €650,000 to Mr Hillman.  Dr Busuttil had said that there are no explanations for this payment, and that they happened in secret companies and structures which show that it is another case of secrecy and money laundering.