Video: Muscat pays courtesy call on the President

New Opposition leader Joseph Muscat this morning paid a courtesy call on President Eddie Fenech Adami at the Palace.

Dr Muscat said the Opposition wanted to show its respect s to the President and he, as leader of the Opposition, would be working to bridge the gulf which he could see between the ordinary citizens and national institutions.

The Opposition, Dr Muscat said, would be a positive and constructive force in the country which would work with the government but would also be critical of the government, as expected in a true democracy.

Dr Fenech Adami said that the Leader of the Opposition had an important role. In the past the country was too politically polarised and he was pleased to see that Dr Muscat was not taking the approach of polarisation in his speeches.

Dr Muscat also made a courtesy call on the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Louis Galea.