Opposition Party Leader Adrian Delia said today that the Nationalist Party has formally requested that the Public Accounts Committee look into the allegations made about the sale of Maltese passports in a documentary broadcast on French TV.
The government must give a clear signal after we have had one report after another (related to corruption and unethical behaviour) and not sweep everything under the rug, Nationalist Party Leader Adrian Delia said on Thursday.
The Opposition Leader was referring to the recent allegations made in a documentary on French television last Sunday, businessman Luke Chetcuti was heard saying: “Last week I was having dinner with Chris (Cardona), the Minister for the Economy. And he texted the Tourism Minister (Konrad Mizzi) saying: we must help the Chetcuti family. They have always helped us. The other minister replied saying the beach was quite small but he would see what he would do, if it could be enlarged.”
The beach being referred to is St George’s Bay, in St Julian’s, which is already partly occupied by another hotelier.
Delia pointed towards the Prime Minister himself as the individual accountable for what has transpired due to the fact that his Ministry is responsible for the sale of Maltese passports.
This scandal, he said, would have detrimental effects to the Maltese financial services sector in Malta, which employed thousands of people, going on to call such “trading in influence” as “pure corruption”.
“The country can’t keep taking hit after hit on its reputation. The damage which is being done will keep affecting Malta for years to come.”
