Five people have either been dismissed or resigned but no politician has as yet quit in the wake of the publication of the Jean Paul Sofia public inquiry report, which found the State responsible for the untimely death and myriad shortcomings in government entities and how they are run.

Kevin Camilleri, the Malta Enterprise official who assessed the application for the project that led to the death of Jean Paul Sofia, was dismissed from his role as the head of the entity’s micro-enterprise unit, Economy Minister Silvio Schembri told parliament on Thursday afternoon.

Victor Carachi and Paul Abela, who both sat on the Malta Enterprise board, as well as its investment committee, also resigned.

David Xuereb, the chair of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority, was the first to go, having resigned shortly after the publication of the report on Wednesday afternoon.

On Wednesday evening, Malta Enterprise deputy chair Peter Borg also confirmed that he too had tendered his resignation.

The Opposition has requested the resignation of Ministers Silvio Schembri, Miriam Dalli and Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi. But none of them has quit as the government battles yet another crisis.