We refer to “internal sources including senior ministers” cited today without being named by Malta Today who said that Prime Minister Robert Abela directed senior police officers not to interrogate persons mentioned in the hospital corruption inquiry, and instead instructed them to arraign them all in court to ensure that Joseph Muscat does not appear alone as the mastermind behind the fraud.
We are not shocked by this allegation because as we have been saying, the decisions of the Police and the Attorney General in corruption cases do not make legal or logical sense but only make sense because they are in agreement with the Government and the Labour Party.
But we are shocked to see that government ministers gave testimony to journalists that they know the police acted under the explicit direction of the Prime Minister.
In cases of crime, the Prime Minister has no right to give instructions to the Police. Let alone when his friends are suspected of the crimes being investigated. These senior ministers are describing a blatant abuse of power, illegal behaviour by a Prime Minister to protect his criminal friends.
While criticizing these ministers who despite giving evidence of abusive and illegal behaviour, hide behind anonymity, we call on the Prime Minister to deny the allegation that he gave instructions to the Police on whom they should or should not interrogate and whom they should or should not take to court.
If he does not do so, he must resign before dark.