Dr. Fearne & his cabal should tell us why new agreements with Steward to put the flawed original concession on a viable footing were refused by Fearne

Here is another thing we should remember about Dr Fearne.

Back in May 2022, Malta Today reported that between 2019 an d 2021, Steward Health Care had negotiated with Fearne “complete agreements” to put the “flawed original concession” on a “viable footing.”

But answering to a parliamentary question, Chris Fearne replied that the “hospitals’ concession agreement has to be respected in its current form” which took Steward Health Care by surprise. This was referred to yesterday in another piece.

As in the article by Malta Today:

“The company said these unsigned agreements clearly acknowledge that the current framework is unworkable but government failed to finalise them.

‘This means that the Maltese people have not been able to benefit fully from the outcome of a viable concession,’ Steward said.

In parliament last week, the Health Minister had said the current concession agreement ‘is what it is’ and government is ensuring contractual obligations are adhered to. He also acknowledged that the level of healthcare provided by Steward in Gozo had improved and ongoing monitoring was taking place.

Steward inherited the concession when it bought out Vitals Global Healthcare after the obscure company went belly-up. Steward has been asking for a renegotiation of the concession agreement but these talks have not reached a conclusion and many of the contractual obligations, such as the construction of a state of the art hospital in Gozo, remain unfulfilled.”

And yet, the investigation by the Auditor General exonerated Fearne. Fearne might not have pocketed from the hospitals’ deal, perhaps, but he is no victim, as he claimed that ‘things were done behind my back.’

And so, if our joke of a judiciary system wants to give back to the nation justice and truth, it must see as to why the investigation by the Auditor General exonerated Fearne of the Right Deal vis-a-vis the fact that he had walked away from the new deal despite recognising flaws so to hold on to the Right Deal and hence why, we keep on adding more reasons as to why the magisterial inquiry is already prejudiced.

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