The MEPs also flag the reported lack of cooperation from Maltese authorities with the European Public Prosecutor in connection with EU-funded roadworks in which the alleged mastermind of Caruana Galizia’s assassination and owner of the Dubai-based company 17 Black, Yorgen Fenech, is implicated. They called on the authorities to the delays on high-level corruption cases, and to investigate possible attempts by public officials to conceal evidence and obstruct investigations and judicial proceedings. Specifically, they expressed concern about the impunity afforded to key figures in the former prime minister’s administration, “including the former prime minister himself, his chief of staff, and the former minister for tourism, formerly the minister for energy.” They add they are “alarmed by the institutional failure of law enforcement and justice in Malta” in bringing to justice every individual implicated in one or more of the numerous cases currently being investigated or reported. Welcoming the efforts of the FIAU in fighting financial crime, the MEPs whoever say they are “appalled” at the lack of progress in prosecuting the corruption and money laundering that Daphne Caruana Galizia had been investigating at the time of her murder, which involved suspects at the highest political levels. The MEPs say the government should implement all the recommendations of the public inquiry report without further delay. They acknowledge that prime minister Robert Abela has publicly apologised for the state’s shortcomings that could have contributed to the murder of Caruana Galizia, but say they are concerned that the implementation of the public inquiry’s recommendations is “deficient”. Paying tribute to the memory of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the MEPs will acknowledge the progress in the ongoing judicial proceedings on the assassination, reiterating the call for the finalising of the investigation into the core motives behind the murder. It says nothing new,” Sant said, attributing the motion as a political weapon to discredit the Malta government. “It is a superficial discussion on a hastily-worded resolution. The debate has provoked a reaction from Labour MEP Alfred Sant, who branded it a mistake on behalf of MEPs. The motion will carry a tour de force on rule-of-law shortcomings in Malta, particularly as to investigations dealing with the 2017 murder, but also on the lack of prosecution of political actors in the Muscat administration, and financial enablers within the now-defunct accountancy firm Nexia, the shuttered Pilatus Bank, as well as Malta’s golden passport scheme. On May 18th, 2018, an Imgur post referencing the Yanny or Laurel debate gained 29 points (shown below, right).MEPs in Strasbourg will debate a motion on the state of rule of law in Malta, as well as media reform, marking the fifth anniversary of the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. A screenshot of the post to /r/ Tumblr gained over 390 points (shown below, left). For example, a post circulating on Tumblr grew popular with a variation in which Kermit says, "I have a gun in my ass," gaining over 36,000 notes there. The template reached the height of its popularity in the spring of 2018, as the variations began getting more surreal. Another Twitter-specific variation was posted by user on December 28th, 2017 (shown below, right). Twitter user posted a deep fried variation of the image on May 8th, 2017 (shown below, left). The picture started seeing use in deep fried memes over a year later. However, the watermark on the image suggests it was created by Instagram user icyunvme_echols, which is locked, meaning it was likely created sometime before then.
The earliest known post of the meme appeared on the Facebook page Space Friends on January 14th, 2016 (shown below). The image spread primarily in deep fried with different captions. Ima Keep It Real With U Chief refers to an image macro of Kermit the Frog appearing to console fellow Muppet Pepe the King Prawn with the text "Ima Keep It Real With You Chief!!" followed by an uncomfortable truth. Deep fried, muppets, black twitter, kermit About
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