Robert Aquilina has resumed his role as the Fondazione Falcone representative in Malta, but he has refused a return to serve as honorary president of NGO Repubblika.

In a staement on Sunday morning, Aquilina said has also accepted to return to the foundation's General Council after he had suspended himself from this role on 1 June. But, in a second statement in the evening, he said he had turned down a request for him to serve again as Repubblika honorary president.

Aquilina said that he accepted the invitation to take up his roles once again.

On 1 June, Aquilina resigned from his post as Honorary President of the local NGO Repubblika and had his representation and roles with Fondazione Falcone suspended after an alleged domestic violence incident. Aquilina had denied any wrongdoing.

On 12 June, in a court declaration, Jeanette Aquilina, Robert Aquilina's wife, had formally requested that the court discontinue the domestic violence case against him. In a declaration presented in court on Thursday, she said her statements to police were being distorted and misused in a deliberate effort to damage her husband's reputation. "I state clearly that I neither wish to be, nor will I allow myself to be, used in what I see as a campaign against my husband," she said in a document submitted to Magistrate Lara Lanfranco in the Family Court. Jeanette emphasised that her appeal to end legal proceedings should not be interpreted as an act of pardon. She said media aligned with the Labour Party had misrepresented her intentions. She stressed that the conflict between her and her husband was rooted in private, familial tensions rather than criminal behaviour, which she attributed largely to the stress linked to Robert's public activism. Detailing the incident from 30 May, she described a heated argument between the two of them that involved raised voices, prompting the attention of a police officer stationed outside their home for protection purposes. "At no point did the situation escalate into physical violence," she stated unequivocally.

The court accepted the request to drop domestic violence charges against Robert Aquilina.

Writing on Sunday, Robert Aquilina said: "I am pleased to announce that I have accepted the invitation of the Falcone Foundation to resume my role as its representative in Malta with immediate effect."

"I am also pleased to announce that I have been asked and accepted to serve as a member of the General Council of the same Falcone Foundation."

In this announcement, the Maltese civil society figure thanked the foundation's leadership for the trust they are "once again" putting on display towards him.

"I will repay this trust with further work in support of justice in our country and beyond," he said.

In a second statement in the afternoon, Aquilina said he was informed that the Executive Committee of Repubblika has unanimously decided that, in light of recent developments, it is re-confirming upon me the title of Honorary President of Repubblika.

"A short while ago, I wrote to the President of Repubblika, Vicki Ann Cremona, to thank the Executive Committee for this step and to express that, in my conscience, I feel my decision in this regard should be based solely on what best serves our common cause. I explained that over the years, Repubblika and I have become so closely associated in the public eye that, despite the fact I have held no executive position in the organisation for the past fifteen months, there remains a strong impression that things are otherwise. This is not beneficial either for Repubblika or for our shared cause," he said.

"Therefore, while expressing my appreciation to Repubblika, I stated that I believe it is my responsibility to choose not to have conferred upon me the title I held until sixteen days ago," he said.

He added he it clear that he will continue to cherish every moment he worked with Repubblika, even from before its founding. "I feel that together with the Executive Committee and the hundreds of members who always supported us and our cause, we achieved historic results for our country," he said.

He said he will continue to work in favour of the cause of truth and justice in our country.