Joseph Muscat is back in the spotlight, where he loves to be (‘It was a handover – Muscat turns guns on chamber’s lobbying report’, Times of Malta, September 17). He’s made it a habit of popping up every so often to harangue, intimidate and bully those exposing or investigating him. This time he singled out the author of a report published by the Chamber of Commerce, David Spiteri Gingell. In his trademark mockery, Muscat went for the jugular: “Had it not crossed the report author’s mind that I would have attended the meeting as part of a handover from one prime minister to another?” The chamber’s report lampooned Muscat for attending a meeting between the new prime minister, Robert Abela, and Steward Health Care in January 2020. They pointed to Muscat’s involvement as an example of what should never happen. They named and shamed Muscat for his suspicious meddling in a sordid affair – the Vitals-Steward debacle – even after his disgraceful exit. Muscat, together with his sidekick, Konrad Mizzi, shamelessly and secretly handed over half our public health service to a company that hadn’t even been set up. The company was registered after Mizzi signed that secret memorandum of...
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