‘Who do you think I believe; Daphne or Muscat?’ - Simon Busuttil on Egrant

Former Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil still suspects that Egrant, the third Panama company set up by Nexia BT, is owned by Joseph and Michelle Muscat.

On this week’s edition of Indepth, Busuttil was asked whether he still believes that the Muscats own Egrant, even after the publication of the full inquiry report. The inquiring magistrate had said he had found no proof that the Muscats owned the company, but the report did not identify a different owner, either.

The MP, who will soon take up the role of EPP Secretary General, said he still holds the same suspicions he held months ago. “Who do you think I believe; Daphne or Muscat?”

The €1 million inquiry, he said, had failed to say who the owner is. “I don’t buy it,” he said, adding that no proof of the Muscats’ ownership was found because evidence was “swept away.”

“There were three companies. One belonged to Keith Schembri, the other to Konrad Mizzi. Everyone suspects that the third one belonged to Muscat, even Labour Ministers do.”

Busuttil also pointed to the links between the Office of the Prime Minister and Daphne’s murder.

“They plotted a journalist’s murder to cover up their corruption. Egrant is only a small part of what we know today.” He said that Malta’s democracy is “dysfunctional” and called for a united effort to fix the country.

Asked whether the 2017 coalition between the Nationalist Party and the Partit Demokratiku was a mistake, Busuttil said it was not. He said that it was a shame that the coalition had been dissolved because the Opposition had lost two Parliamentary seats.

Watch the full interview on www.independent.com.mt