Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this evening that instead of worrying about the people's needs, the prime minister was instead focussed on the survival of his government. 

Speaking at a Labour Party activity in Gudja, Dr Muscat recalled that last time a confidence debate was held in the House (on January 26, when Franco Debono abstained) the country witnessed the pantomime of the PN leadership election where Dr Gonzi was the sole candidate. He had given the impression that the problems had been solved. But now Malta was back to square one. 

Next Monday's confidence vote was expected to pass, one way or another, but Dr Gonzi knew that the political problems would not go away, Dr Muscat said.

He referred to the PN's campaign called Be Prime Minister for a day and said Dr Gonzi needed to be an ordinary worker for a day, to know what workers were going through. 

Furthermore it was not a prime minister for a day that the country needed, but a prime minister who could focus on his job for the term of the legislature.

He said the Labour movement was growing because society was realising that it needed to forget the problems of the past and focus on the future. The country needed a government which was not concerned about problems within it and could instead concentrate on the needs of the country.