Busuttil: Dropping expropriation deal is not enough - latest Falzon comments show links to Gaffarena

Opposition leader Simon Busuttil said this morning that it was not enough for the prime minister to say that he would reverse the Gaffarena expropriation deal if wrongdoing was discovered. Speaking at a PN activity, Dr Busuttil said there was nothing to discover. The wrongdoing was obvious, and it was not the fruit of any mistake. What had been done was calculated and hidden. Such things, he said, amounted to institutionalized corruption. Reversing the deal was the least that the government could do. The prime minister and Parliamentary Secretary Michael Falzon had to live up to their promises of good governance and political accountability. Dr Falzon had initially said he had nothing to do with the deal. Now he had admitted to Malta Today to having met Mr Gaffarena and discussed the case before the expropriation. He admitted having gone hunting abroad with Mr Gaffarena. He admitted that Mr Gaffarena had himself requested the expropriation. This, Dr Busuttil said, was absolutely unheard of. The government expropriated properties to meet its needs, and not the other way around. Dr Falzon had even admitted that Mr Gaffarena himself chose the land given to him as compensation for...