Parliament will today debate a no confidence motion in Energy Minister Miriam Dalli, Lands Minister Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi and Economy Minister Silvio Schembri following the conclusions of the Jean Paul Sofia public inquiry, who died in a construction collapse in Paola in December of 2022.

The motion was filed by the PN and the Parliamentary debate is expected to start at 4pm.

The recently published public inquiry found that the state was responsible for the lack of regulation and enforcement on the construction site where Sofia died and zeroed in on several public entities which, the board said, should have done a better job.

The motion calls on Parliament to strongly censure Economy  Minister Silvio Schembri, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli and Lands Minister Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi, and also calls on Parliament to declare it has no confidence in them. It goes on to ask the Prime Minister to demand their resignation from their ministerial posts and, if they fail to do so, to fire them.

The motion also calls on Parliament to apologise to the parents of Jean Paul sofia, regarding the vote it had taken in July where the government did not support a motion by the Opposition to launch a public inquiry into Sofia's death. Abela had U-turned later and announced the public inquiry after a protest was going to be organised outside Castille.

It also calls on Parliament to adopt and endorse the public inquiry report in its entirety and to endorse the recommendations made in the report and demand that they be implemented in six months.

The motion calls on government to, every four weeks, present a report to Parliament regarding its progress in implementing the recommendations of the inquiry board..