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L-Inkjesta dwar Egrant


Nhar il-Ħadd li għadda ġew ippubblikati l-konklużjonijiet tal-inkjesta tal-Maġistrat Aaron Bugeja dwar jekk il-kumpanija Egrant Inc, reġistrata fil-Panama flimkien mal-kumpaniji Hearnville u Tillgate, hijiex verament ta’ Michelle Muscat, il-mara tal-Prim Ministru Joseph Muscat, u dwar transazzjonijiet ta’ ħasil ta’ flus mill-Bank Pilatus.

Il-konklużjoni tal-Maġistrat hija ċara: ma sab l-ebda prova li l-kumpanija Egrant Inc hija ta’ Michelle Muscat. Ma sabx lanqas għalfejn din il-kumpanija twaqqfet u min kien l-individwu (li ismu ingħadda fuq Skype) li għalih twaqqfet. Ma sabx lanqas traċċi ta’ transazzjonijiet min-nies mill-Azerbaijan lejn dawn il-kontijiet fil-Bank Pilatus. Ma sabx lanqas li sid il-Bank, Ali Sadr, li jinsab jaffaċċja 125 sena ħabs fl-Istati Uniti, ħareġ kwantità ta’ dokumenti fil-bagalji, imma sab li ħareġ dokument wieħed biss li ma sabx x’kien. Ma sabx lanqas li t-titjira tal-VistaJet lejn Baku u mbagħad Dubaj li telqet dak il-lejl tellgħet bagalji fiha ħlief dawk tal-ekwipaġġ.

X’ħareġ allura mill-konklużjonijiet?

  • Ikkonfermajna li Egrant Inc twaqqfet bl-istess struttura u fl-istess żmien ta’ Hearnville u Tillgate. Ikkonfermajna li t-tlieta li huma saru f’isem Brian Tonna, u li mbagħad is-sid ta’ Hearnville u Tillgate inbidel għal Keith Schembri u Konrad Mizzi. 
  • Ikkonfermajna li Muscat u politiċi oħra kienu qrib tant li kienu mistednin għat-tieġ ta’ Ali Sadr, li qed jaffaċċja 125 sena ħabs fl-Amerika. 
  • Ikkonfermajna li Keith Schembri kellu żewġ kontijiet fil-Bank Pilatus. 
  • Ikkonfermajna li minn dawn il-kontijiet għaddew transazzjonijiet mal-kumpanija Willerby Trading Inc ta’ Brian Tonna, li għaddejja inkjesta separata fuqhom u li fuqhom il-Partit Nazzjonalista kien preżenta provi fil-Qorti. 
  • Ikkonferma li żewġ kumpaniji reġistrati Dubaj, bl-isem ta’ Sahra FZCO u Shams Al Sahra FZCO, kellhom kontijiet fil-Bank Pilatus, u li jappartjenu għat-tfal tal-President tal-Ażerbajġan Aliyev, u għat-tfal tal-Ministru tal-Ażerbajġan Kamaladdin Heydarov, u li dawn il-kumpaniji għaddew miljuni mil-kontijiet tagħhom lejn kontijiet fid-Dubaj. 
Il-Maġistrat qal ukoll li l-firma ta’ Jacqueline Alexander fuq id-dokument li ġie preżentat lilu kienet waħda falza. Kif u minn min saret din wieħed jistenna li ssir investigazzjoni, pero’ ejja niftakru wkoll li l-Panama Papers kienu jagħmluha ċara li Mossack Fonseca kienu jaħdmu proprju b’firem ikkupjati fid-dokumenti kollha tagħhom.

Huwa veru li ma nstabu l-ebda provi li jorbtu lil Egrant Inc mal-Prim Ministru, u hemmhekk il-Partit Nazzjonalista żbalja li għamel dan bħala fatt u bħala ċ-ċentru tal-kampanja tiegħu meta ma kellu xejn f’idejh, u ra li tintrefa’ responsabbilità politika għal din id-deċiżjoni. Iżda huwa veru wkoll li minkejja li ma nstabet l-ebda prova fuq l-Egrant, instabu provi oħra fuq nies oħra. U la l-Prim Ministru tant ħass li din l-allegazzjoni kienet serja li kien lest jirriżenja jekk jirriżulta li din il-kumpanija kienet tiegħu, daqstant ieħor għandu jara li tintrefa’ responsabbilità minn min huwa konfermat li kellu kumpanija bħal din. Ir-responsabbilità politika għandha tkun applikata għal kulħadd.



Dan l-artiklu deher fir-rubrika Cyberspace tal-Ħadd 29 ta' Lulju 2018

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