In response to the Minster of Justice’s invitation, during an MCESD meeting convened on Friday 7th February to the social partners to submit their reactions to the Bill on Magisterial Enquiries, Malta Employers urged the Minister to focus on the positive points within the proposed Bill, and to discard proposals that erode citizens’ fundamental rights and weaken good governance. Enhancing the rights of persons that are the subject of a magisterial enquiry, setting timelines and defining the role of experts are issues on which there should be political consensus as they improve the current system. However, limiting or prohibiting the access by individuals to an enquiring magistrate, by having them resort to the police as a first point of call is an erosion of their rights. Enquiries of momentous importance…