If the prime minister gave interviews I would start by asking him these questions:

  • Does the prime minister still think there has been no corruption or wrongdoing involving Keith Schembri or Konrad Mizzi?
  • Has the prime minister asked Keith Schembri who the owner of Macbridge is?
  • Have the police asked the government for resources to investigate the documents from Mossack Fonseca released by the press? If yes, have the resources been given?
  • When did the Cabinet delegate the prime minister with the power to grant pardons? Was that before or after Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed? Was it before or after he was first briefed Yorgen Fenech was a suspect?
  • Have the Mossack Fonseca officials named in the Panama Papers correspondence been interviewed by Maltese investigators?
  • When was the prime minister asked for permission to tap Yorgen Fenech and Melvin Theuma?
  • How long did it take him to agree?
  • Was the prime minister ever asked to authorise tapping Keith Schembri? If yes, when?
  • Did he agree? If no, why? If yes, when?
  • When were the police made aware the Security Services were listening to Yorgen Fenech?
  • Did Keith Schembri have access to the wire-taps on Yorgen Fenech?
  • Did Keith Schembri have access to the Security Services briefings on this investigation?
  • When did Keith Schembri tell the prime minister this investigation could get to him?
  • Is the prime minister disappointed in Keith Schembri?
  • Why does the prime minister think Keith Schembri attempted to cover up the murder?
  • Why was Melvin Theuma not arrested before?
  • Was the prime minister advised Yorgen Fenech could be a flight risk? If yes, when?
  • What was discussed between the prime minister and Keith Schembri the night before Keith Schembri’s arrest?
  • Did Keith Schembri leave anything with the prime minister after their meeting the night before Keith Schembri’s arrest?
  • Was there any communication between Keith Schembri and Melvin Theuma in the last 24 months?
  • Was there any communication between the prime minister and Melvin Theuma in the last 24 months?
  • Has the prime minister been briefed about any suspicion Keith Schembri was communicating with Yorgen Fenech at any time after the arrest of Melvin Theuma?
  • Did the prime minister ask Keith Schembri if the latter communicated with Yorgen Fenech at any time after the arrest of Melvin Theuma?
  • Has Yorgen Fenech been paying for the defence expense of the Degiorgio brothers?
  • Would the prime minister agree that Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed to cover up corruption in connection with Electrogas?
  • Would the prime minister consider nationalising the Electrogas power-station?
  • Would the prime minister consider ordering a review of contracts concluded by Konrad Mizzi?
  • Has the prime minister established who owns Egrant?
  • Does the prime minister believe Keith Schembri and or Konrad Mizzi have profited illegally in trading their influence?
  • Does the prime minister believe Keith Schembri abused his authority and power?
  • Has a formal investigation into criminal activity around the Electrogas consortium been opened by the police?
  • Has the preparation of formal charges for corruption and bribery against Keith Schembri and Konrad Mizzi commenced?
  • Is Chris Cardona a person of interest in a murder investigation?
  • Are any persons of trust in Chris Cardona’s staff persons of interest in a murder investigation?
  • Has the prime minister asked Chris Cardona for the TAP records of his telephone while on a visit to Velbert in January 2017? If yes, what were the findings?
  • Has Chris Cardona briefed the prime minister on whether and how he knows one or more of the three persons charged with the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia?
  • What impact on Malta’s standing does the prime minister believe the Panama Papers, the 17 Black revelations, the killing of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the conduct of the authorities since have had?
  • Is the prime minister still on good terms with his Socialist colleagues in Europe? Would they agree with his assessment if asked?
  • Has the prime minister ordered the removal of protest material from Great Siege Square and elsewhere in the last 25 months? If not, why hasn’t he ordered the removal to stop?
  • Does the prime minister feel that he should carry any political responsibility for what has happened so far?
  • Does the prime minister feel he has a conflict of interests between his power to grant pardons and his loyalty to friends and colleagues in this case, not to mention himself?
  • Would he consider a request by Keith Schembri for a pardon to turn state’s evidence?
  • Would he consider a request by Keith Schembri for a pardon after conviction to avoid serving prison time?
  • Would the prime minister consider his resignation to be in the interests of the Labour Party and or the national interest?
  • Would the prime minister seek to prevent a raid on his home, his properties, his office and his computers and devices to check for evidence of any complicity in corruption or murder?
  • Has the prime minister been asked by his parliamentary colleagues any of the above questions?
  • Will the prime minister resign?