The Nationalist Party, in reaction to Prime Minister Robert Abela’s anniversary speech on Sunday marking his five years as Prime Minister, stated that “Abela avoids speaking about what truly characterised his five years as Prime Minister. He reiterates that he wants to limit the right to request inquiries and defending all his colleagues who are accused of irregularities.”

“The five years of Robert Abela as Prime Minister have been nothing but a continuation of what we saw before under the leadership of Joseph Muscat – five years of fraud, corruption, and scandals,” the PN said in a statement.

Nationalist Party Leader Bernard Grech was speaking during a political event at the PN Club in Naxxar.

He went on to say that, “in his speech marking the fifth anniversary of his appointment as Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, Abela tried to make us forget that he is leading a Government plagued with case after case of fraud, corruption, and scandal.”

On the contrary, Grech said, “we saw Robert Abela in Kordin – where he went to celebrate his fifth anniversary – once again telling us that he wants to change the laws of our country to limit the right of those who request an inquiry in the pursuit of justice.”

“Abela wants to limit this right because he is afraid of the truth emerging, which continues to reveal how his Government is caught in a web of corruption, with Minister after Minister caught abusing power and involved in scandals,” the PN Leader.

He added that, “today Robert Abela told us that he is proud of his team and that he will continue to support Silvio Schembri and Clint Camilleri. Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri is still part of Abela’s Cabinet despite being involved in the scandal of the fraudulent employment of former Minister Clayton Bartolo’s partner. There is also a request for an investigation into Schembri regarding unexplained wealth.”

Grech argued that today, “when Abela was lost in full rant attacking the Opposition, he had in front of him Chris Fearne, one of the people accused of fraud and money laundering in connection with the hospitals deal. He also had Justyne Caruana before him, who had been dismissed twice from the Cabinet in the same legislature and who today earns no less than €15,000 a month from four contracts, all with the blessing of Prime Minister Robert Abela.”

Bernard Grech concluded by saying that the “magisterial inquiries that are still to be concluded show that, just as former European Commissioner and former Labour Minister Karmenu Vella said in his speech today before Abela spoke, for the Labour Government: the best is yet to come.”

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