Comments on: John Dalli left a Cyprus EU meeting to fly to the Bahamas two days after Silvio Zammit was interrogated by OLAF https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Mon, 01 Jul 2013 21:48:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Meritocracy Rules https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/#comment-1117259 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 21:48:01 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33863#comment-1117259 So well enough to fly to the Bahamas and back in a matter of days. But not well enough to make the 2 hr flight back to Malta shortly after.

Un Hallina John. Who are you trying to kid?

]]> By: Toyger https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/#comment-1117037 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 18:42:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33863#comment-1117037 Another issue is this: if he really had nothing to hide, why did he lie to his EU colleagues and tell them he had to visit Malta for urgent family business?

]]> By: xmun https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/#comment-1116959 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 17:40:40 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33863#comment-1116959 silly me, I believed him (NOT) when he said he was a prisoner in Brussels.

]]> By: the chemist https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/#comment-1116564 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:52:07 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33863#comment-1116564 Must have chartered a plane. Wonder if he charged it to his EU expenses allowance. And why does anyone go to the Bahamas for a day ? Maybe the police comissioner overlooked this or is it common practice for EU commisioners to take day trips to these tax havens.

]]> By: ciccio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/#comment-1116557 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:48:03 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33863#comment-1116557 The question which the media do not seem to have asked as yet about the explanation given by John Dalli is why exactly would an EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs in office travel to the Bahamas to meet ‘these persons’ and advise them about the setting up of a trust (hence a lot of legalities and formalities) in a country unknown to him, about a charity in Africa?

Since when is it the business of an EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs to give such advice and enter into such complex financial matters which could be very risky as to origin of funds, exact intention, final destination of money etc.?
Not that I believe his explanation, anyway.

Then, these questions follow naturally:

Had the Commissioner given this sort of advice before?

What experience did the Commissioner have of setting up trusts in remote tax-havens (Monsieur Hollande, please look the other way)?

Why didn’t Dalli seek to organise the trust in Malta?

]]> By: davidg https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/#comment-1116540 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:35:54 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33863#comment-1116540 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1gD_sDb9Ow

]]> By: davidg https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/#comment-1116538 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:35:25 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33863#comment-1116538 watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1gD_sDb9Ow

]]> By: Lestrade https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/#comment-1116523 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:28:39 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33863#comment-1116523 So with this timeline, the jigsaw pieces are falling into place.

]]> By: T https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/#comment-1116519 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:27:52 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33863#comment-1116519 Ma, how exciting. Brussels, Malta, Cyprus, Bahamas. What a life Mr. Dalli leads. Imagine his reply when checking in the villa and was asked for his name – “The name’s Dalli, John Dalli.”

]]> By: ciccio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/07/john-dalli-left-a-cyprus-eu-meeting-to-fly-to-the-bahamas-the-day-after-silvio-zammit-was-interrogated-by-olaf-and-rang-him/#comment-1116476 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:10:33 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=33863#comment-1116476 Now that’s an amazing fact.

Giovanni Kessler of OLAF, whom I support fully for his work, told us many things, and investigated many facts, including the logs of phone calls made between John Dalli, Silvio Zammit and Gayle Kimberley.

There is one fact which he never investigated, because of course it took place after he submitted his report and conclusions.

It is the duration of the call made between John Dalli and Joseph Muscat soon after Dalli was given the option to either resign or be dismissed by Jose Manuel Barroso. And what was said in that call.

One would hope that if OLAF re-opens the investigation, they will investigate this fact in detail, and if there were any other calls between the two.

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