The American Embassy in Malta announced their nominee for the US State Department’s award for the person with outstanding achievements in the fight against corruption.
Some people that could have been on their short list are:
Peter Grech, Ian Abdilla, Kenneth Farrugia, Silvio Valletta, Owen Bonnici, Edward Zammit Lewis, Aaron Bugeja, Anġlu Farrugia, Mario Cutajar, Keith Schembri, Chris Cardona, Konrad Mizzi, Robert Abela, Joseph Muscat, Saviour Balzan, Norma Saliba, Reno Bugeja, Kurt Farrugia, Evarist Bartolo, Giovanni Grixti, Consuelo Scerri Herrera, Francesco Depasquale, Simon Mercieca, Yorgen Fenech, Joe Gasan, Paul Apap Bologna, Aaron Mifsud Bonnici, David Gatt, John Dalli, Jason Micallef, Glenn Bedingfield, Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, Josef Cutajar, Neville Gafà, Pierre Portelli, Adrian Delia, Robert Musumeci, Ray Fenech, Johann Buttigieg, Joseph Cuschieri, Heathcliff Farrugia, Rosianne Cutajar, Justyne Caruana, Mario Philip Azzopardi, and other heroes for truth and justice that I can’t remember right now.
But instead, the Americans nominated Matthew Caruana Galizia. Go figure.
