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Busuttil’s suspicions on agreement with government ‘unfounded’ - John Dalli
PN leader Simon Busuttil’s suspicions on agreement between John Dalli and Labour government are unfounded, former PN minister says.
24 June 2013, 12:00am
Jurgen Balzan
Jurgen Balzan
2 min read
Former PN minister and European Commissioner John Dalli has denied the allegation that there was an agreement in place with the Labour government preceding his appointment to pilot a health reform.
In comments to MaltaToday, Dalli said that PN leader Simon Busuttil's claims that there was an agreement in place with the government prior to the Police Commissioner Peter Paul Zammit's statement that there was no case against him in connection to the allegations brought against him by the EU's anti-fraud office, OLAF, were "unfounded."
Following the Commissioner's statement, the former European Commissioner had said he was willing to help whoever sought his help in Malta, whether it was the Nationalist Party's new leadership or the new government.
Yesterday, PN leader Simon Busuttil said that the government's decision to appoint Dalli to head the Mater Dei Hospital reform smacked of political opportunism.
Busuttil denied that the Prime Minister was faster than the PN in seeking Dalli's assistance following the former European Commissioner's offer to help both the PN and the government.
The PN leader claimed that the day after the police commissioner had announced there was no criminal case against Dalli, the party's secretary-general Chris Said called Dalli.
However, in comments to MaltaToday, Dalli pointed out that he only met the Prime Minister one week after the Police Commissioner's statement.
"My meeting with the Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, on the initiative of health minister Godfrey Farrugia, happened a week later, and not the day after as Busuttil claimed. Therefore, Busuttil's suspicions are unfounded."
Moreover, he clarified that Chris Said did not call in his capacity as PN secretary-general.
"Chris Said called me on a personal basis to express his satisfaction over the Police Commissioner's statement in which he said their was no criminal case against me, as hundreds of other Maltese and foreign persons did," Dalli said.
Jurgen Balzan was a MaltaToday reported from 2011 to 2017.
Emmanuel Mallia •
No wonder that PN always chooses lawyers as its leaders !!
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MISKIN SIMON. KULL MA QED JAGHMEL U DAK LI GHIDULU IL-KLIKKA LI GHADA TMEXXI L-PN BIEX MA NGHIDX IL-PAJJIZ.!! PERESS LI L-GIDEB FAHXI HU L-ISTILL TAL-KLIKKA SIMON QED JGHID LI JGHIDULU. PUPPET ON A STRING.
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Imma kif dan il "haruf" Simon ma jitghallem qatt!!!Possibli mhux qed jinduna li iktar ma jiftah halqu iktar qed nisimghu Hmerijiet u Cucati ezatt bhal ma konna nisimghu min ghandu tul il kampanja Elettorali kollha!!! Simon huwa persuna mimli PRETENZJONIJIET imma ma jiswa assolutament xejn fejn tidhol il Politika> Mhux ahjar qbajt Brussels Xmun?
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Xmun rega ghamilha.
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Another Gaffe by wonder boy Simon. PN initiasls should stand for Praspar Nazzjonalisti.
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When will Simon Bus(ullotti) start making sense of what he say. Whatever comes in his mind he spit it out without checking for its correctness.
A very inappropriate attitude for the leader of the opposition, if he wants to be a credible one, that is.
Even now, he keeps throwing mud at John Dalli and seems to keep on saying all kinds of nonsense regarding the government's operations.
Priscilla Darmenia •
Sour grapes for the PN and Dr Busuttil! - Well, Mr Dalli did make an open offer to both PN and government. Why did the PN sleep on it? I am sure that Mr Dalli would have been glad to give a helping hand in the running of the financial fiasco the PN has.
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Xmun baqa ghaddejj bl istess strategja li dahhlet lill pn go hajt, qlajjiet, biza, negattivita u attakki personali. Imbghad iridu ibellghwielna li ti ftit jiem inbidlu u saru partit gdid!! Halluna.
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As usual the leader of the PN is putting his carriage before his horses.....and just like his statement on vote buying where he ended up by insulting the the electorate that the Maltese elected Labour because the majority sold their votes, he is paving the way for him to become a bore.
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"The PN leader claimed that the day after the police commissioner had announced there was no criminal case against Dalli, the party's secretary-general Chris Said called Dalli." ............ Goes to show what a hypocrite of the highest level Simon is. Dalli was one of thbeir own and should have been contacted months ago by PN and not the day after he got the all clear. In the mean time if their was a case the PN could always retract its offer. Simon is a hypocrite and a porky pie baker.
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Issa ahjar. Mhux talli il-PN twikkew b'leader immatur u mhawwad wahda sew, imma wkoll ghandom mexxej li ma jiddejjaq xejn jigdeb u jivvinta biex jidher sabih. X'medjokrita' ta' bniedem!
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"unfounded" ..my left foot!
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Simon seems to be jumping into conclusions too early.
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I believe John Dalli. The GONZIPN clique, that horrible machine of Machiavellian concoctions, was definitely involved in Dalli's frameup with the help of those who would not have the decency to resign and I mean those re-elected and those in the EU Commission and Olaf. They are still nurturing hatred, and still involved in conspiracies to derail the present Government elected by a vast majority of 57%. The sooner this Government realizes that those who abused and broke the Law should be taken to Court, and not patted on the back and appointed to new posts, the sooner these arrogant beasts realize that the times have changed and the people are up in arms against them.
