Evarist Bartolo asks if the Prime Minister was ever told about corruption at Enemalta

Labour MP Evarist Bartolo this afternoon asked the Prime Minister to say whether he had ever been approached by someone who had documents claiming that there was rampant corruption at the energy corporation Enemalta. Speaking at a press conference about the bribery scandal that hit Enemalta’s oil procurement, Mr Bartolo put a series of questions to the Prime Minister, who, he said, had assumed responsibility for the matter when this morning he reiterated that he stood by the statement of Transport Minister Austin Gatt (then responsible for Enemalta) that he never discussed any oil procurement tenders with the businessman at the heart of this investigation. Mr Bartolo did not give further details about the person who could have met the Prime Minister, even when pressed for this information. However, he indicated that it could have been the former PN President Frank Portelli, who recently said that the revelations of bribery at Enemalta were simply “the tip of the iceberg”. At one point, Labour candidate Emanuel Mallia, who also addressed the press conference, referred to this very statement by Dr Portelli and said that one would have expected the Prime Minister to call him after...