After Egrant

At the party’s General Conference in April, I emphasized that after the last General Election win, and in view of the great support we still enjoy from the public, we should strive to be a better version of ourselves.

Having a weak Opposition which is more focused on internal bickering than proposing a way forward for the country should not lead to complacency in our party. I insisted that we should aim to be the best possible version of ourselves.

After the Egrant inquiry, this message is all the more important. Having read the conclusions of the investigation led by Magistrate Aaron Bugeja, a growing number of Maltese citizens are realising that the Nationalist Party cannot be a viable alternative to our government. The establishment that militates at Stamperija, both within the Delia and Busuttil factions was too involved in this frame up for power to be trusted with leading the country in the near future. There is no doubt that the main protagonist of the Egrant saga was Simon Busuttil. It is now confirmed that Simon Busuttil has built his quest to become Prime Minister on a campaign of lies. A story based on falsified documents and a sequence of criminal acts.

This is not a question of political judgment, as some of Busuttil’s accomplices want us to believe. Simon Busuttil did not Ms Muscat and their children with cameras and microphones when they were not on official engagements. An even worse type of harassment came in the form of hateful articles penned by the PN’s unofficial blogger, Caruana Galizia.

Busuttil is on record saying that he was sure it was the truth and that the magistrate cannot conclude otherwise. A simple online search shows numerous instances where Busuttil categorically stated that between Maria Efimova, Daphne Caruana Galizia and Joseph Muscat he was sure that the latter was lying. Yet he never accepted the challenge to resign from whichever position he occupies should the magisterial inquiry prove otherwise. With hindsight, we can all understand why he did not commit himself. He knew that the moment of truth would come and he would be exposed. His only hope was that by the end of the magisterial inquiry, people would have elected him Prime Minister. But luckily, the Maltese people chose otherwise.

We demand action against whoever was responsible for these actions. We want to know who forged the documents and whose instructions he was fol-