Helena Dalli's husband alleges two PL officials conspired to stop her from becoming President
Patrick Dalli, the husband of European Commissioner Helena Dalli, claimed on Wednesday that two high-ranking Labour Party officials worked to damage his wife’s credibility in the appointment of the President of Malta.Dalli took to Facebook with
Patrick Dalli, the husband of European Commissioner Helena Dalli, claimed on Wednesday that two high-ranking Labour Party officials worked to damage his wife’s credibility in the appointment of the President of Malta.
Dalli took to Facebook with his claim, after the newspaper Illum reported that Helena was lobbying for a second term as European Commissioner instead of Glenn Micallef, who is Malta’s nominee for the post.
Micallef’s nomination has come under the microscope in Brussels, as Ursula von der Leyen places pressure on the Maltese government to substitute the 35-year-old, who has no political experience, with a different candidate who is a woman.
Patrick said that the claim was “another lie about Helena.” She had already denied reports accusing her of trying to sabotage Micallef's nomination.
“Soon you will know about the manoeuvres that took place in the appointment of the President of Malta by two high-ranking officials of the Labour Party to damage Helena's credibility,” Patrick said.
“Helena never asked for anything. It was a fascist attack on a woman who gave her life for the Labour Party and the Maltese people,” Patrick wrote.
Helena Dalli was among the favourites for President of Malta, but likely failed to secure a spot after the PN stood against appointing anyone who formed part of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat’s cabinet.
In the end, Myriam Spiteri Debono got the nod for the post, having received the unanimous support of Parliament. When Spiteri Debono was being sworn in, Helena Dalli was invited onto national broadcaster TVM, where she heavily criticised the PN for excluding those who had served in Joseph Muscat's Cabinet as worthy candidates.
Patrick’s claims came on the same day that his and Helena’s son Luke Dalli – a well-known activist within the Labour Party – announced that he would not be presenting two television programmes on ONE TV anymore.
Luke was the lead presenter of Manatnejn and Awla. The former will cease to exist, while the latter will continue with a new host.
“It is a very difficult decision for me, and one which I reached after a number of instances which happened in the last years, months, and weeks but mostly after long consultations with the people I love the most,” Luke wrote on Facebook.
“The fact that I was born, lived in, and was raised in the Labour Party makes this decision one of the most difficult that I’ve had to take in my life. But it is one which had to be taken, and had to be taken now,” he said.
He thanked everyone who had followed his programmes over the past years, and said that this is not his final chapter within the PL’s media. “When there are the right circumstances for me to return, I will do this with determination and a sense of service towards the biggest political force in the country,” he said.
Patrick shared his son’s post on Facebook, saying that “love and respect of the family comes before everything. Well done Luke.”
“Hold the standard that your grandfather, my father Ganmarie Dalli, former Labour Party MP, gave us that our unity as the Dalli family comes before everything else,” he wrote.
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