Nationalist MP Franco Debono has spoken on the reasons for his absence from Parliament on Monday.

In new comments to the press, he said that in the wider context, he was complaining about the dignity of Parliament, problems in the South of Malta and fundamental problems in the justice sector.

He said he had been considering his protest for some weeks and he felt his message had been conveyed.

The full interview is being published today in The Sunday Times.

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