The Times of Malta reported last week that Chris Fearne, Malta’s European finance minister, seen as a strong contender to be the country’s next European commissioner, is also likely to be charged in connection with the EU finance deal. hospitals. As of Monday night, that hadn’t happened.
Fearne wrote on Facebook that he had “never broken any laws or ministerial ethics”.
At the end of 2021, the Times of Malta reported that Muscat had received €60,000 from Accutor AG, a Swiss company linked to the American group Steward Health Care, which had taken over the hospital contract from Vitals Global Healthcare in 2018. Muscat has always denied any wrongdoing.
In a Facebook post on Monday, Muscat said: “This is no longer just a political vendetta, but has turned into a shame and an abomination where the lives of dozens of people are thrown into a bureaucratic dump for years for the comfort of a few.”
He added: “All those who have tainted themselves with this injustice, or washed their hands of trying to correct it, will be judged in the most severe manner by the people immediately, by justice over the years and by the history forever. I am ready to fight against those who want revenge on the Maltese.
Muscat resigned in January 2020 amid growing pressure following the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, killed in October 2017 after a car bomb exploded outside her home.
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