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Golden passport concessionaire Henley says Opposition was informed of IIP
Henley partner expresses concern that citizenship programme has been politically tainted
31 October 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
A partner from Henley, the exclusive concessionaire for the Maltese government's citizenship programme, has told MaltaToday he is "perturbed" at news that the Opposition will retract all passports issued under the Individual Investor Programme (IIP).
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil yesterday told the House he would repeal all passports issued under the IIP, which will sell citizenship for €650,000, if the Nationalists are returned to power.
The PN has so far claimed it will tie the IIP to a tangible form of investment, rather than selling it for a cash investment.
But Henley partner Christian Kalin, in Zurich, said he was perturbed at the way the IIP had now become politically tained
Kalin told MaltaToday that the Nationalist leader's stand took him by surprise after Henley had provided the Opposition with a presentation on the IIP.
"We organised two separate meetings with the Nationalist Party's senior officials to explain the background to the citizenship programme and we explained in detail the due diligence searches that were being proposed. It was a very stringent process.
"In the first meeting we met at length with Tonio Fenech (shadow finance minister) and in the second meeting with Fenech, Kirsty Debono, Mario de Marco, and Jason Azzopardi," Kalin said.
The company had already been appointed by the preceding Nationalist administration for assistance on the permanent residency scheme, and its overhaul into the High Net Worth Individuals scheme, which later was reformed and rebranded by the Labour government into the global residence programme.
Kalin said that Henley had already a previous relationship with the Nationalist administration, commenting that the former permanent residency scheme was "cheap, lacked serious due diligence, and had no regulation in its promotion in such countries like Iran, Russia, South Africa and China. All this will not happen with the IIP."
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This is the same strategy used by the pn in late 70s and 80s to smear Malta's name.Remember that vile Malta File by the same pn.Is this the supposed??? new pn but with the same antiquated mentality.
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OOOsps! What does one say in these circumstances? Horses' mouth??
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May I ask Henly and Pardners or the Maltese Government who is the Maltese Envoy who masterminded this proposition and if there is one,what percentage (commission) were they offered? But then on the other hand, us Maltese, never accept bribes, am I right. With money, one can build a road in the sea.
Luke Camilleri •
NO SURPRISE AT ALL KNOWING SIMON! He is just a Dr. NO if he is not in on it !
He acts like a spoilt brat that stamps his feet and just wants to be a SPOILSPORT!
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If there is still misinformation being branded about on the IIP, publish the agreement with Henley and amend the scheme to make the names of those to whom citizenship is granted public.
That should clear Henleys position and the remove any suspicion that the names of future citizens could be protected because of their doubtful record. So far there seems to be reluctance to do this.
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Simon is a bad loser! He is hell bent to put spokes in the wheel even though it was his party that started all this investment/passport scheme in the first hand!
Simon we have a life to live, kids to raise and a wife to share our future with!
If you don't, its your business, but please shut your negative talk and let us move forward: its our life and we do what we want...go and bang your head on hard wall if you have lost the election and no one wants you...... and leave us in peace!
