yeah it's you jumping the gun to talk about that and a lot more i'm joined now by keith mcauliffe he's a journalist for the times of malta joining us tonight from valetta malta the times the newspaper that 1st reported this story it's good to have you on the show keith let me at least pick up a what that reporter asked the prime minister saying i'll give this man a pardon him if he cooperates that you would assume means that the prime minister is confident that whatever this man says is not going to implicate the prime minister or his inner circle right would that's what we believe it but the prime minister was also very keen to state this is not going to be a blanket presidential pardon the prime minister said he himself admitted that he's not very fond of presidential pardons with difference to one particular case a civil today their own director taking where it was given presidential pardon but his evidence wasn't enough to incriminate the suspect so joseph was kind of the prime minister has always been very skeptical about presidential bid but it is indeed it has been quite a surpr

and for more on this story i'm joined tonight by keith mcauliffe he's a journalist for the times of malta he joins us tonight from. in malta good to see you again what do we know about this arrest today. that was detained talk to me about the circumstances surrounding the arrest. there is happened in the i was in the air yellers of this morning at their own for half past 5 in the morning when mr fennis left with his not sure ial it from them are enough of did to not at a hotel which date own in malta however the yacht was intercepted about 10 minutes later shortly off the coast of the into by the un forces and he was forced to come back to the island notice a constance's in which he was leaving or a suspicious that there was going to go up stunned because later on during the day it was or feel that in the last few days right even to his name being formally starting to be mentioned in the media he had to resign his day directorship in the family business as well as in the electoral votes consortium which in brief is the shareholder in the power of blunt which is at the heart of this and ag