Front Maltin Inqumu, the lobby group formed to object to the way government was conducting negotiations with the EU before membership, has become the Front Favur Dom Mintoff.
The decision to rename the group to honour the former prime minister was taken by the committee that is still running the lobby group more than five years after EU membership.
Among them is Alleanza Liberali head John Zammit, who said Mr Mintoff was being given very little recognition for what he had done for the country and the group was going to ensure he got the credit he deserved.
"I am an atheist. Dom Mintoff is my god and I will do anything for him," Dr Zammit said when contacted. He pointed out he had stood by the man's side since 1965, taking over from where his father left off.
Front Maltin Inqumu was originally set up in 2002 by Mr Mintoff - and later joined by former Prime Minister Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici - to encourage society to oppose the manner of the membership negotiations.
The lobby group disbanded when Dr Mifsud Bonnici left to continue his work within the Campaign for National Independence (CNi) that was, and still is, opposing EU membership. However, the committee continued to meet.
Dr Zammit feels Mr Mintoff has been sidelined and forgotten. Even the Labour Party ignored its former leader whom its supporters had once revered, he said.
Animosity between the party and its former leader developed in 1998, when Mr Mintoff voted against the Labour government led by Alfred Sant over plans to develop the Cottonera yacht marina. This led to a snap election just 22 months after a landslide victory in 1996.
The rift escalated into the well-documented 1998 political crisis, and consequently Dr Sant said Mr Mintoff had betrayed the party.
"Labour completely ignored Mr Mintoff. We wanted Dr Sant to apologise for calling him a traitor. Whatever Mr Mintoff did was in Malta's best interest. Had he not done it, Malta would not be an EU member nor have the euro. I left Labour and will never go back. I set up Allenza Liberali to divert people from the Labour Party. Dom Mintoff is my god and Malta's saviour," he said.
Last December, Mr Mintoff made a surprise visit to the Labour Headquarters in Ħamrun - the first time he's ever been there. Since Joseph Muscat took over the Labour leadership in June 2008, he has made it a point to build bridges with the old guard and especially Mr Mintoff. He had repeatedly asked the 93-year-old to visit. Dr Zammit said he was pleased the party had welcomed Mr Mintoff at the headquarters.
The Dom Mintoff lobby group is composed of Dr Zammit, Charles Aquilina and six other committee members "who do not wish to be mentioned or seen to be supporting Mr Mintoff".
Earlier this week, Labour MP Chris Agius called on the authorities to protect the house where Mr Mintoff was born in Cospicua. Residents want authorities to place a plaque on its façade.