It is clear that not only was the Prime Minister’s office involved in the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, it was involved in an attempt to stop justice in this case being done, PN leader Adrian Delia said in a short televised address on Wednesday night.

Reacting to the latest details to have emerged with regards to the case from the testimony of alleged middleman Melvin Theuma, Delia highlighted Theuma’s testimony wherein he said that Keith Schembri and Sandro Craus had found him a job with the government for which he had been paid for despite never going to work.

He also mentioned how two officials from the Office of the Prime Minister had met Theuma to ask him to pass on a message to the three persons accused of carrying out Caruana Galizia’s murder with the instruction for them to stop talking to the police as they would be getting a pardon.

Castille’s involvement in the case has continued to clearly emerge, Delia said.

He said that the fact that Yorgen Fenech knew when the raid which would result in the arrests of Alfred Degiorgio, his brother George, and Vince Muscat would be means one thing; that not only was the Prime Minister’s office involved in Caruana Galizia’s assassination, it was involved in an attempt to stop justice in this case being done.

He said that this is the conclusion being reached by the country and by the European Union, with people even within the Labour Party and across a raft of groups and unions now demanding Muscat’s immediate resignation.

Delia appealed to government MPs, whom he described as the only people who can stop the damage being done to the country and future generations, to remove Muscat “today before tomorrow” and remember the oath they had taken when they were appointed and be faithful to the country.

He said that the country is at a cross-road, with a choice between collapse due to an irreparable loss of reputation and between Muscat leaving now and the damage done being repaired as soon as possible.

“The country deserves better; it is on your shoulders now.  Do the best for the country; consider Malta before everything”, he concluded.