In his opinion piece entitled Why Gaddafi Reminds Me Of Labour (August 24), MEP Simon Busuttil seemed frustrated by the fact that Labour and Joseph Muscat did not turn the Libya issue into a political ball game. He showed his true colours as a petty partisan politician. Suffice it to say, in his superficial and failed analysis, he willfully omitted the well-known fact that his leader was the last democratically-elected Prime Minister from the western world seen hugging Muammar Gaddafi. Dr Busuttil preferred not to embrace this fact.

Applying Dr Busuttil’s reasoning, it follows that Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi was close to Col Gaddafi “right to the bitter end”.

The Labour Party will not engage in a war of words about Libya. We look forward to seeing the Libyan people living in a peaceful and prosperous country led by a democratically-elected government.

It is a pity that Dr Busuttil chose to be petty on this occasion.