Top Maltese politician resigns over charges in high-profile hospital scandal
Malta’s deputy prime minister resigned Friday, and ended his European Commission bid, after he was charged with fraud in a hospital scandal roiling the Mediterranean island nation.
In his resignation letter, Chris Fearne denied wrongdoing but said he must put Malta before everything else.
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In the letter, he asked Prime Minister Robert Abela to withdraw his candidacy to be Malta’s candidate for the European Commission.
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