Joseph Muscat has already paid a price by resigning as prime minister, his successor Robert Abela said on Saturday.
Muscat’s chief of staff Keith Schembri as well as partners from former government consultants Nexia BT were arrested on Monday in connection with a money-laundering investigation.
Replying to questions, Abela criticised Times of Malta for focusing on Muscat rather than the subject of the press conference, which was the opening of additional lanes as part of the Central Link road project.
Muscat led Malta as prime minister between 2013 and early 2020, when he resigned that post but kept his seat in parliament.
Abela said Muscat does not form part of the government executive, and had been elected into parliament by voters.
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“Joseph Muscat paid the price. He was prime minister of this country, and in November, the decision was taken for him to step down on January 13”.
Muscat announced his resignation soon after Schembri was arrested for the first time in November 2019 in connection with Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder. He was later released without charge.
The former prime minister spent years protecting Schembri,...
