NGO Repubblika has said that former Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia should call it quits from politics if reports that he had inappropriate conversations with murder suspect Yorgen Fenech are true.

The group was reacting to a story that appeared in Lovin Malta, in which it was reported that Delia, then Opposition Leader, allegedly messaged Yorgen Fenech during a parliamentary debate on 17 Black, Fenech’s Dubai-based company linked to government corruption. 

Delia has denied the claim.

In a statement, Repubblika said that just as it has been calling for Justice Minister Edward Zammit Lewis’s resignation following the publication of text exchanges with Fenech after it was known he owned 17 Black, it will do the same with Delia.

“Repubblika strongly believes that if it results that inappropriate conversations did take place between Dr Delia and Yorgen Fenech, Adrian Delia should end his involvement in public life,” the group said in its statement.