19 June 2013 | 03:39
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On Sunday night John Dalli wrote to European Commission President José Manuel Barroso asking him for an official request to resign from the Commission as so far the exchange between them has been verbal in a meeting of Tuesday 16 October 2012. Dalli signs his letter as "John Dalli, Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy." To show that so far there has been no official resignation from his post.”
Dalli told Barroso he felt the need to ask for a written official request as Barroso’s spokesman on Wednesday gave the impression that it was Dalli who offered to resign, when this was not the case.
Dalli tells Barroso: “I did not offer my resignation, you demanded it.”
Dalli copied the letter to the other EU Commissioners saying that Barroso has deprived him of the right to defend himself by giving him only 45 minutes in which to announce his resignation, by not giving him access to the EU anti-fraud office OLAF against him and becuase of the press conference by OLAF’s director who is presuming guilty until proven innocent.
Comments
olaf kessler bondi
- Mon 22-Oct-2012, 17:42Lets get out of this shameful charade. This is more like the Soviet than the European Union.
Alfred SAnt was 100 % right.
Skocciz
- Mon 22-Oct-2012, 17:20The Attorney General should act fast on this issue. However Prime Minister Gonzi is reacting extremely fast to have his anointed one benefit from the situation. Is this the way how to support your Maltese compatriots?
wrangler
- Mon 22-Oct-2012, 16:42I do not share the same political views as Mr Dalli.The way things happened in Brussels and by Mr Barroso himself and mostly the urgency to nominate someone else by Gonzipndcgrcc keeps ones mind saying what a FRAME UP worked in Malta and done in Brussels with EEC democracy non existant.
H Galea
- Mon 22-Oct-2012, 14:13When Barroso last time at our belived malta....was there some secret agreement......
M. Storace
- Mon 22-Oct-2012, 13:24Is the EU as undemocratic as our Government? When one asks a person to resign that person is given 24 hours' notcie and NOT 45 minutes as Barrosso did - very unprofessional and undemocratic. I'm stating facts and not getting into the merit whether John Dalli is innocent or guilty but at least he should be given time to prove his innocence/guilt. This is a very abrupt issue and very back-stabbing
H Galea
- Mon 22-Oct-2012, 13:12Mr Dalli, If you sign you sign for your death warrent, let them proof all their accutions, otherwise you loose all hope that a full investegation takes place.John, see what is going on the local elections, and find if any conection to elemanate you from EU.!!!You know how sweet all of them are.
John P Busuttil
- Mon 22-Oct-2012, 11:23I am not getting into the merit of the case but if facts are as stated by Mr John Dalli, then we are not given a proper treatment in Europe.I really wish Mr Dalli to come out clean , although we do not share the same political beliefs, as this is not a case of PN or PL but a national issue.
Gordon.S,
- Mon 22-Oct-2012, 11:19roll over Beethoven