Opposition calls for former Home Affairs Minister's resignation

Opposition leader Adrian Delia this evening called for the resignation or removal of former Home Affairs Minister Minister Carmelo Abela with immediate effect, saying correspondence proved he was directly involved in efforts to prevent ex-police officer Jonathan Ferris from faithfully exercising his duty in April 2016. If Dr Abela did not resign in the light of concrete fact, Dr Delia said, responsibility for this would fall squarely at the feet of the Prime Minister. Former Inspector Ferris claimed ministerial interference in police investigations during an interview with Lovin Malta. Mr Abela - now Foreign Affairs Minister - was politically responsible for the police force at the time as Home Affairs Minister.  “Carmelo Abela’s secretary had sent me an email, with the minister copied in it, to ask me how a fraud case I was investigating was progressing,” Ferris said. “I responded that it was still being investigated and he said he was aware, to which I told him he could fix an appointment with me if he wanted. He got back to me with an email saying, in capital letters, that the minister wanted this information.” Opposition MP Marlene Farrugia also called for Dr Abela's...