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€0.90 WEDNESDAY EDITION WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT EDITORIAL - PAGE 11 WEDNESDAY • 2 OCTOBER 2013 • ISSUE 334 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY OPPOSITION WALKS OUT AFTER SPEAKER RULING After Speaker Anglu Farrugia rules against Simon Busuttil, PN Opposition walks out in protest SEE PAGE 7 JEROME CARUANA CILIA ATTORNEY General Peter Grech has claimed he is bound by professional secrecy and confidentiality not to divulge his opinion on whether John Dalli had to be charged with bribery back in December 2012. Former police commissioner John Rizzo testified under oath in the compilation of evidence against Silvio Zammit, accused of soliciting a bribe on behalf of Dalli, that "there was agreement with the Attorney General" to press charges against the former European commissioner. But Rizzo said that Dalli was in Brussels at the time seeking medical treatment and that he decided not to press charges. Since his court testimony, Opposition leader Simon Busuttil has accused Rizzo's successor, Peter Paul Zammit, of unilaterally declaring that Dalli would not be charged, claiming that he is under the political control of the Labour government. "I am bound by confidential- ity," Grech told MaltaToday when asked to comment on Rizzo's testimony in court. Grech refused to comment any further on his position on the Dalli case. It is now expected that Peter Paul Zammit could be summoned in court as a witness in the Silvio Zammit compilation, to declare whether Dalli is to be charged with bribery: his statement could go a long way in seeing that the charge of bribery against Zammit falls. CONTINUES ON PAGE 6 THE Chinese Ambassador to Malta, Cai Jinbiao, has denied any "hidden agenda" or "vested interests" behind the memorandum of understanding signed between China and Malta. In comments to MaltaToday, the Office of the Ambassador insisted that China would not engage with Malta for China's benefit alone. "China will not do anything with Malta that would only benefit China, let alone do something that would harm the interest of Malta," a spokesperson for the Chinese ambassador said. A deal secured with China, which will see Enemalta selling a minority stake to Shanghai Power Electric, was met with apprehension by Opposition leader Simon Busuttil, who said the agreement raised many doubts and questions. CONTINUES ON PAGE 6 PM confirms that Chris Evans was on a €750,000 contract PRIME Minister Joseph Muscat confirmed yesterday in Parliament that former BioMalta chairman Chris Evans was terminated by the Maltese government and had a contract of €750,000. Evans' con- tract was revealed in last Sunday's MaltaToday. Muscat was speaking in Parliament after a walkout by the Nationalist Opposition. SEE FULL REPORT PAGE 9 Newspaper post Attorney General refuses to comment about Dalli case Chinese deny 'hidden agenda' in Enemalta deal