Opposition Leader Adrian Delia says that Prime Minister Joseph Muscat must speak up about his own political responsibility for keeping Keith Schembri, his Chief of Staff, in his office in light of the latest happenings involving Yorgen Fenech, owner of 17 Black.

Delia spoke on NetTV from Zagreb, Croatia, where he is attending the EPP congress.

Delia said that the country is passing through a delicate and hard time.  He urged prudence in the search for truth in the case into the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, in order for the case to be allowed to progress, so that the truth will come out and that justice is done in a transparent way without external influences.

But Delia made a distinction between the investigation, and political responsibility.

"What happened in the past hours has clear implications and connotations.  I will hold back from commenting on the judicial process.  There were more arrests on past hours, and justice must take natural course"

"When we clearly have is that people like Yorgen Fenech, the owner of 17 black that has clear ties with people close to the government, with Minister Konrad Mizzi, and OPM Chief of Staff Keith Schembri. He said that this has political connotations and "I cannot choose not to comment,  I have a constitutional obligation to speak about it."

He said that the Prime Minister spoke this morning and said what he cannot say, but not about what he can say.  "In the court process, prudence is the best choice.  But politically, and this is distinctly separate from the judicial procedures, the Prime Minister has political responsibilities, ones that the PN has for months and years been speaking about saying, that must be carried."

"The Prime Minister this morning tried to say that the only reality is that of the courts and the investigations.  But there is the political world as well.  He must tell us about his responsibility that near him Keith Schembri is still in his office. The damage done to our country and his persistence in forgetting the national interest and forgetting the interests of the Maltese, is causing damage that will have consequences."