Former EU Commissioner John Dalli today said that EU Commission President Jose Barroso should be arrested if he comes to Malta.

Reacting to comments in Parliament yesterday, Mr Dalli said : "Simon Busuttil asked if Barroso would be arrested if he came to Malta.  I would say that he should.  I ask, was Dr BS in Brussels on the 8th July?  Did he meet Barroso or anyone else in the Commission to discuss this issue?  Was it Barroso or anyone from the Commission that asked him this question?"

"These attacks by Dr BS strengthen the suspicion that Dr BS is part of this fraud committed against me.  I would like to know whether he was part of the fraud perpetuated in 2004."

"Dr BS keeps insisting on Kessler’s lie that I sent him a message not to come to Malta.  I already said, and I say again, that I sent him no such message.  I have a witness to the conversations I had with the journalist including the unsolicited confession by Kessler that he knows that he did something wrong when interviewing Dr. Kimberly and that he was talking to Gonzi."

"As I had said, I was talking to a journalist and was expounding my conclusions based on the fact that Kessler was asked more than once to come to Malta to give evidence in the case against Zammit, and that he did not turn up.  As reported in the papers Zammit’s defence lawyer seems to have reached the same conclusion."

"But it seems that Dr BS thinks that he alone has the right to come to conclusions."

"As to the second investigation, this is nothing but a media campaign organised by the Commission and OLAF to slander and intimidate me.  Another conclusion that I arrive at is that Dr BS is part of this campaign.  I do ask; why did Dr. GK have to write to the speaker when he knew that the session in front of the Privileges Committee was postponed?  And why did he have to bring in the second investigation if not to throw mud?  Dr. BS should know, as he declared that he is a universal expert that Kessler’s action is in breach of the obligation of confidentiality that binds him and that Dr. GK insists on.  Dr  BS is mum on this.  He is also mum after the statement made by Mr Zammit that he was offered a presidential pardon if he lied about me."

"On this second investigation I have nothing to hide and now I feel that I am free from my obligation of confidentiality.  I am considering publishing the correspondence that I have with OLAF and part of which has not yet been replied to by OLAF and to take further appropriate action."

"Dr BS asked if Barroso would be arrested if he came to Malta.  I would say that he should.  I ask, was Dr BS in Brussels on the 8th July?  Did he meet Barroso or anyone else in the Commission to discuss this issue?  Was it Barroso or anyone from the Commission that asked him this question?"

"I assure Dr BS that this time around I will not leave things lie as I did in 2004, when the then Commissioner of Police decided not to investigate  who instigated and used Joe Zahra, the private investigator who received a two jail sentence."