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WEDNESDAY • 8 JULY 2020 • ISSUE 695 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
EDITORIAL • PAGE 11
NAO report finds collusion between
Vitals and government on hospitals
• Vitals was done deal: NAO report
finds collusion in hospitals concession
• Pins lack of governance on Konrad
Mizzi, f lags lack of due diligence and
superficial feasibility study
KURT SANSONE
A multi-million euro deal to
transfer three State hospitals to
an obscure private company was
"predetermined", the National
Audit Office said.
In a damning report published
on Tuesday, the NAO pointed an
accusing finger at an agreement
signed between the government
and some of the investors in-
volved in Vitals Global Health-
care before even the request for
proposal was published.
The NAO said government was
reluctant to provide it with a copy
of the pre-tender agreement, re-
inforcing concerns over the "in-
tegrity of the eventual conces-
sion".
The audit office was referred
from one ministry to another when
it asked for the pre-tender agree-
ment, with none being able to trace
the original or a
copy.
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PAUL COCKS & MASSIMO COSTA
THE Nationalist Party parliamenta-
ry group met yesterday evening, with
Adrian Delia facing another test of
his leadership.
The meeting was scheduled to start
at 7pm but only got underway just
before 7:45pm as MPs waited for De-
lia to turn up. The meeting was still
underway by the time we went to
print, but MaltaToday learned that
the MPs remained resolute on forc-
ing a vote of no confidence in Delia.
An hour before the meeting, the
party leader was on NET TV lam-
basting the Vitals hospitals deal
and insisting his fight
against corruption
will not waiver.
PN MPs question Delia leadership
Nationalist MPs eye vote of no confidence
Former prime
ministers Lawrence
Gonzi denies Adrian
Delia asked him to
mediate meeting
