In a ceremony this morning, Labour Leader Dr Joseph Muscat was sworn in for his second term in office as Prime Minister by President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, who administered the Oath of Office.
The ceremony took place in the Ambassadors’ Room, at the Palace in Valletta. The Prime Minister was accompanied by his wife Michelle and his twin daughters
After the Oath of Office, the President and Prime Minister Joseph Muscat saluted the crowd from the balcony of The Palace.
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Mrs Michelle Muscat, together with their daughters, greeted the jubilant crowds thronging Valletta’s streets.
Photographs: DOI Reuben Piscopo and Clodagh Farrugia O’Neill