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Malta’s deputy prime minister resigned on Friday and ended his European Fee bid after being accused of fraud in a hospital scandal that roiled the Mediterranean island nation.
In his resignation letter, Chris Fearne denied wrongdoing however stated he needed to put Malta at the beginning else.
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Within the letter he requested Prime Minister Robert Abela to withdraw his candidacy as Malta’s candidate for the European Fee.
The village of Kalkara, Malta, is photographed. (Patryk_Kosmider through Getty Pictures)
“I wish to be clear: I’m taking this step not as a result of I’ve doubts about my innocence, however as a result of it’s the proper factor to do,” Fearne wrote.
He resigned days after it emerged that he’s going through fees of fraud and embezzlement of funds in reference to an investigation into the federal government’s 2015 deal to switch the administration of three hospitals to a non-public firm. The concession was annulled by the courtroom final yr in a judgment alleging fraud.
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Fearne, who was well being minister on the time of the deal, is one in all a number of former and present officers going through fees, together with former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. Muscat additionally denies wrongdoing.
Malta’s high politician resigns amid allegations in high-profile hospital scandal
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