The Malta Independent 7 January 2018, Sunday

Government ‘should accept’ VGH, AUM ‘didn’t manage’and ‘look into getting assets back’ - Delia

Sunday, 7 January 2018, 11:12 Last update: about 27 minutes ago

Nationalist Party Leader Adrian Delia this morning said that the government should accept that Vitals Global Healthcare and American University of Malta did not succeed in what they set out to do and they (the government) should now look into getting the state's hospitals and the Zonqor site back.

Replying to a question during a Radio 101 interview as to whether the PN are being 'negative',  Delia said "it is positive to stop the government when we feel they are going to make a mistake. We are speaking to the government, going in for debates, and the government doesn't want to know. The government is being negative."

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Referring to the American University of Malta, Delia said "only 14 students turned up, they did not manage, let us accept that it did not happen and see how we are going to get back what the foreign investors did not manage to do."

Referring to Vitals Global Healthcare, he said "the hospital project was not successful either. So be positive and let us see how we are going to get the state's hospitals back,  that is a positive spirit."

"We are going to see that that which belongs to the Maltese population is given to the population," he said earlier. "PN is going to be a strong opposition to get back what rightfully belongs to the Maltese."

Delia said that VGH taking over the hospitals 'stank from Day one' and reiterated that the government 'have some to hide,' as the contract was never published in its entirety.

 

'You start to understand why criminals in our country feel comfortable'

With reference to the case of an assistant police commissioner allegedly involved in an act of domestic violence, as well as the case over the weekend where three police officers were found in possession of drugs, Delia said that it is not coincidence that "they think they are above the law."

"These things happen because a type of attitude is, from the commissioner down, is being permitted were even for the big things, consequences are not held to account, everyone feels they can do whatever they want," he said.

"This culture of 'uwejja it doesn't matter', of decreasing the level of standards when it comes to who can enter the police force, this preoccupies me as a citizen, and as a father," Delia went on to say.

"This is supposed to be one of the safest countries, and then you start to worry and to understands why criminals in our country feel comfortable". 


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