PN secretary general Paul Borg Olivier this evening called for the resignation of Alex Sceberras Trigona from the Labour Party as his past actions "embarrassed the nation".
Speaking during the PN's mass meeting held as part of the Independence Day activities, Dr Borg Olivier said that, contrary to the Labour Party, the Nationalist Party had never received any money from the blood tainted Gaddafi regime.
The PN had challenged opposition leader Joseph Muscat and his predecessor Alfred Sant to deny they had received such money from Libya but Dr Muscat continued to hide how much money the PL had received, directly or indirectly, from the regime.
Dr Borg Olivier said he was now challenging the leader of the Opposition to return this 'blood-tainted money' to the free Libyan people, to help them rebuild their future.
The PL's ugly past was well remembered by those who were over 50 but the party's policy had not changed over the years.
People like Alex Sceberras Trigona (a former foreign minister and now PL international secretary) and Karmenu Vella (PL finance spokesman), among others, were still in the heart of the party and in not requesting Dr Sceberras Trigona to resign, the Opposition leader was supporting his past actions.
The PN, however, was asking for Dr Scebberas Trigona's resignation because he had a duty to assume responsibility for actions of the past which had embarrassed the country, Dr Borg Olivier said.
PL calls on Borg Olivier to substantiate or withdraw allegations
The Labour Party in a statement denied the ‘baseless’ allegations made by the PN’s general secretary and said he should either substantiate them or withdraw them immediately.
The PL said that if the source on which Dr Borg Olivier based his statement on files published recently, he and Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi had a problem because these same files said that Malta has been a terrorist base under the Nationalist government administered by Dr Gonzi’s predecessor.
If they believed one statement, they also believed the other.
It was shameful that on Malta’s national day, the most senior figure within GonziPN sought division rather than unity.