Egrant inquiry: trust signatures were not the only forgeries, says Muscat
Signatures on declarations of trust linking Michelle Muscat to Panama company Egrant were not the only forgeries identified in a magistrate's inquiry, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Sunday.
An inquiry partly-published last month concluded that these signatures had been falsified.
Dr Muscat said on July 25 that the full 1,500 page inquiry would be published in “the coming days”. So far, only 50 pages have been published by the Attorney General.
Speaking on Sunday during an interview on ONE radio, Dr Muscat said he was not surprised that certain people were seeking to undermine the Egrant inquiry.
Without naming anyone, Dr Muscat said he believed “these people” were representing themselves, not the PN.'Frame up'
Dr Muscat said that in his view, the lack of evidence linking Egrant to his family was not the main conclusion to be drawn from the inquiry.
Rather, the main conclusion was that someone had gone to great lengths to forge documents in an attempt to frame him, Dr Muscat said.
He said that the falsified signatures identified by the inquiry experts was not the only forgery. No further details were provided by the Prime Minister.
Dr Muscat said the forgery meant the...