![]() ![]() “When we speak about foreign affairs it is very much dominated by our relationship with Europe and the European Union,” he said. The result is that €400 million was spent and there is nothing to show for it."įenech Adami, who is the PN’s Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, was asked about the perception that Foreign Affairs is one area that the PN and PL seem to get along on. ![]() "I am sure that the people out there realise that there are a bunch of corrupt people who have stolen people's money. Responding to other questions, he said that the judgements proved how right the PN was on the hospitals deal, "just as the PN was right on the corrupt deals that have characterised this government." He gave credit to PN MP Adrian Delia who pursued the court case. The Health Minister hardly referred to the matter in his Budget speech, but obviously we have a duty not to let this go,” Fenech Adami said. “That can also be done through political decisions that have to be taken," he said, mentioning keeping up the pressure as an example. "Government will not want to talk about it. There is also the political route, he said, "and the PN also has an obligation to pursue a political route on the matter, in the sense that as the party in Opposition we have an obligation to keep insisting that what was stolen from the people is retrieved,” he said. “However, this is not a normal country.” He said that the hospitals deal will continue to haunt the government.Īsked about the PN's decision to file a judicial protest against the State Advocate, Attorney General and Police Commissioner to take action against those "who had defrauded the Maltese people,” and whether this was the right way to try and get them to take action, he said that legal route is the route that is available. If we were in a normal country, heads would have rolled,” he said, in reference to politicians who were involved in the deal. I am sure that Robert Abela and Cabinet understand that the judgements, particularly by the Appeals’ court, condemned the whole lot of them. An appeal against the judgement filed by Steward Health Care was dismissed by the Court in October, although an amendment to the February judgement was made for the costs of the case to be shared by the Government and Steward Health Care, and not borne by the private company alone. The original court judgement had mentioned fraud, while the judges on the Court of Appeal then mentioned collusion.Īnswering a question about the hospitals deal, as to how he views the government’s actions following the February court judgement, Fenech Adami said: “Government wants people to forget about the hospitals deal court judgement, and it is up to us not to let this happen. T he concession was passed on to Steward Health Care in 2018. The hospitals were originally handed over to Vitals Global Healthcare (VGH) to operate in 2015. In February, the Civil Court annulled a deal which gave a private operator control over three of Malta's hospitals. If Malta were a normal country, “heads would have rolled” over the hospitals deal, PN MP Beppe Fenech Adami told The Malta Independent on Sunday. ![]()
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