Yes, Helena Dalli did indeed declare ownership of that contentious Zejtun building
The Zejtun building on which illegal works are allegedly being carried out (I won’t go into the details of the works themselves, their legality or otherwise, as I don’t know enough) is not owned by “Helena Dalli’s husband” as asserted repeatedly by the Opposition and the press.
It is owned by Helena Dalli herself or, depending on the functioning of the community of acquisition in marriage, by Helena Dalli and her husband Patrick.
In the public declaration of assets required of cabinet ministers, Mrs Dalli last year and again this year declared a 99% shareholding in Pada Builders Ltd. The Zejtun house is owned by that company, and not by either Patrick Dalli or Helena Dalli in their personal capacity. Ownership of the company which owns the property means ownership of the property itself.
This “Helena Dalli’s husband” business is any case quite pointless distancing. Even if the property were in her husband’s personal name, which it is not, unless they have separate estates at law or he inherited that property, it would be half-owned by the minister herself because they are married under Maltese law.
Mrs Dalli had no need to declare that Zejtun house separately in her declaration of assets. The asset belongs to Paba Builders Ltd, and she declared ownership of Pada Builders Ltd.
The Zejtun house belongs to her through a company she owns with her husband.
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So in this case, since she declared in her assets that she owns the company which in turn owns the house am I correct in believing that there was no need to declare the house on its own as one of her assets?
That’s correct. Her assets are the shares in the company not the house.
The Times of Malta was wrong.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20141116/local/zejtun-property-not-in-helena-dallis-assets-list.544284
As far as I know, the government of Malta should do its own homework and research about the companies and consortiums it deals with. It is not enough to have said consortiums and companies giving ‘assurances’. But that was good for PN administrations and not now.
It is like asking a murderer if he is guilty or not. Dan Konrad Mizzi b’min irid………?
“The government was given the necessary assurances by Electrogas that the consortium is financially sound and has met all the required criteria, Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi said.”
http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-11-17/local-news/Minister-Konrad-Mizzi-insists-all-Electrogas-consortium-members-are-financially-sound-6736125813
The recent ODZ applications of the three hotels in Xghajra and Marsascala are situated on land belonging to the late Bamboccu of ‘Ghana’ fame. I believe that Minister Helena Dalli is his niece. I smell a rat.
Ilqatt il-musmur fuq rasu.
Part of the roadmap?
Once again the Opposition shows its inability to get the right message across. What a pity.
As long as they appear to be on “Equal Footing”… how they get there seems to be irrelevant.
Another lying Labour nutter.
How many others like her?
Is this their idea of middle class?
All about how to raise that rung by half: “too clever by half (a social level).”
Tad-dahq dawn il-purcinelli – imbasta fiz-zmien fl-Oppozizjoni kienu jibku d-dmugh tal-kukkudrill ghax hawn il-faqar.
Come on, Mrs Dalli. Can you not try to be different than the rest and own up to this blatant plunder?
On second thoughts, I guess than you deem yourself to be different from the lesser mortals who follow rules and laws….just wishful thinking.
Joseph Muscat wanted to write history. No doubt, the way things are going, this is the most corrupt and scandalous government in Maltese history. Will they do the decent thing and resign? I forgot, there is no such thing as decency left either.
Does anyone within the Labour Party take responsibility for his or her own actions?
The poor Dallis seem to have fared quite badly under PN governments, just like Bronka and his Qala property. Msieken.
And did you see the tax reductions in anything related to property?
Budget tal-Kuntratturi.
Il-Ministru tal-Finanzi illejla qalilna li dan il-gvern izomm il-weghdi tieghu. Prosit.
So that means that no one will know what properties the Minister possesses at first glance.
– muscat tweet- note spelling of optimism
MaltaBudget will be based on our #optimisim and that of hardworking families -JM
Basing the national budget on “optimisim” does not really say much on those drawing it up. A budget should be based on reality.
In whose name were the enforcement orders issued?
Were they issued to Dalli or to Pada Builders Ltd? If issued to Dalli, were they valid and enforceable?
If Ministers are required to list interest in companies expressed as a meaningless percentage of ownership, why is it not a requirement that the company’s financial statements form part of the Minister’s declaration of assets?
Had that been the case, then the value of the Minister’s share could have been financially quantified.
Kindly note that it’s Paba Builders and not Pada. There may be other companies by that name.
Apparently her public dialogue did not go beyond the clan of the masons, labourers, plasterers, electricians, plumbers, woodworkers, aluminum fitters and brick factories. It takes an effort to deal with all of them at once, let alone the public.