‘This Is Another Egrant’: Joseph Muscat Says He Asked The Police Commissioner To Call Him In ‘As Soon As Possible’
Former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has revealed he’s asked the Police Commissioner to call him in to answer “every question he might have as soon as possible”.
This, Muscat said, was done because he has “nothing to hide” and has no issue with being “absolutely transparent”.
“Earlier today, I wrote to the Police Commissioner,” Muscat said in a Facebook status posted just before noon which has already amassed over 700 reactions at the time of writing. “I told him to, as soon as possible, and as soon as he has in his possession – unless he already does – the Attorney General’s conclusion on the hospitals inquiry, call me in so I can answer every single question he might have so I can show all the facts.”
“Like I’ve already said, this is another Egrant,” Muscat finished. “This is a political vendetta against me and my family, and I will continue believing that the truth will come out.”
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Earlier this week, Muscat was included in a long list of people and companies suspected by the Attorney General of money laundering in connection with the Vitals-Steward magisterial inquiry.
Other key figures in the list include former OPM chief of staff Keith Schembri, former minister Konrad Mizzi, former Nexia BT partners Brian Tonna and Karl Cini, Technoline managing director Ivan Vassallo, Ram Tumuluri and several original Vitals investors, Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre, Steward International CEO Armin Ernst, and former Allied Newspapers managing director Adrian Hillman.
Judge Edwina Grima ordered several banks and companies to give police access to their funds, assets and other relevant information.
The suspects have also been given 24 hours to declare the source of their wealth to the Attorney General in writing and have been banned from selling their assets.
Muscat and Prime Minister Robert Abela have come out strongly against magistrate Gabriella Vella, warning that the timing of the inquiry’s conclusion, a few weeks before the MEP and local council elections, indicates it was politically motivated.
In statements given to the press hours after the inquiry was announced as concluded, Muscat said he’s “ready for a fight” and had “no doubt” he would eventually be criminally charged.
“I assume that I’m going to be charged with something and I’m saying ‘bring it on’,” Muscat said. “I am in the ring and ready for a fight. I wanted to hang up my boxing gloves four years ago, but if some people want to drag me back into the ring, then I will enter. And once I get into a fight I will win it, not because I’m stronger but because I know that I’m telling the truth.”
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