Nationalist Party Leader Simon Busuttil this evening asked how the Magistrates from the Magisterial Inquiries can go about their investigations on 'the people in Castille' when they themselves were helping to hide the crime.

Addressing a political event in St Paul's Bay, Dr Busuttil repeated the the news he broke earlier this evening, stating that he has evidence which shows that the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Keith Schembri, paid €650,000 to former Times director Adrian Hillman through "secret companies and financial intermediaries".

"Those who were supposed to take action to make sure this doesn't happen, knew everything and did nothing," he said. "The police commissioner is now supposed to be sending police to help the Magistrate investing Joseph Muscat and the other Magistrate investigating Keith Schembri. How can you send police to investigate, who have known these things for a year? How can the magistrates rely on police who have an interest not to reveal, but to conceal?" he asked, adding "if they reveal, they reveal themselves too". 

Dr Busuttil told those present that he will be taking his 'proof' straight to the Magistrate, rather than the police. 

Speaking about the University debate between political party leaders which was held earlier today, Dr Busuttil said he was "sad to hear the Prime Minister insulting people's intelligence." "You cannot treat students like imbeciles," he said. "But not only students, how he keeps lying and defending, he is insulting the intelligence of all of us," he said.

The Party leader also told the crowd that today he met with people from a variety of sectors linked with the property sector. He said that the people he met asked why they would need a change since the sector is doing well. "It is true they are doing well," he said, "they did well because we had a name and reputation, and created sectors like the financial sector and the gaming and ICT sector," he said. "Because of these sectors an influx of people came and rented and bought property, and these turn the economic wheel of the property sector. However, what happens on the 3 June if we do not choose the best option for our reputation?" he asked, adding, "they need to look long-term".

He said that on 3 June, the "world will be watching us vote, and watching whether we choose corruption or a new start for our country." He mentioned that today, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was supposed to be in Strasbourg after a call by the PANA committee.

"Joseph Muscat not appearing in Strasbourg was another big hit to our reputation," he said, "in the six months that our country was supposed to be in the centre of Europe to show how a country of a population of half of a million of people should be a good example, instead turned into a spotlight on us for the wrong reasons".  

Dr Busuttil concluded by telling those watching that he is now relying on the population to make the right decision on 3 June "between the criminals and the future of Malta and Gozo."