Malta gets new prime minister amid outrage over journalist murder Sunday Jan 12,2020

Robert Abela is set to become the new prime minister of Malta after incumbent Joseph Muscat's downfall over the murder of an investigative journalist

Robert Abela, who is seen as representing continuity, was elected leader of the Labour Party, meaning he will automatically take on the role of prime minister on Sunday Jan 12,2020

Joseph Muscat(45)announced in December he would quit following widespread anger over his perceived efforts to protect friends and allies from a probe into the 2017 killing of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. He is set to resign later on Sunday.

In the run-up to the election, Robert Abela refrained from criticising Joseph Muscat.

Before the election result, activist groups cast doubt on whether Muscat's successor would bring about real change in the country, which they say has been taken over by "criminals"
Dubbed the "one-woman WikiLeaks", Caruana Galizia exposed corruption at the highest levels. She was killed by a car bomb on October 16, 2017, in an attack that made world headlines.