Magistrate Carol Peralta this afternoon reacted to criticism of his behaviour by the government and the Nationalist Party, saying that what they said was insignificant.
Dr Peralta was speaking at a press conference at his home.
His comment drew a reply from the prime minister, who said in Brussels that that the court was not a place where parties should be held, and the people's anger was definitely not insignificant.
Opposition leader Simon Busuttil said the Opposition is ready to support an impeachment motion against the Magistrate.
"PN ready to support an impeachment motion against Magistrate Carol Peralta," he tweeted .Separately, the PN said the magistrate's declarations today showed that he had not understood that his behaviour in the courtroom yesterday was unacceptable. He was also persisting in bad behaviour when he attacked the institutions, the media and journalists who revealed his behaviour.
Magistrate Peralta is under fire after having held a party in his courtroom yesterday and ordering the arrest of a Times of Malta reporter who went to see what was going on. The Commission for the Administration of Justice has been asked to investigate.
Dr Peralta said in his press conference that the commission should also investigate the journalist.
He insisted that the journalist, Ivan Martin, did not identify himself immediately. It was then that he called the police. The journalist, Ivan Martin, insists he identified himself when Magistrate Peralta said he was the magistrate of the court and asked who he was.
When asked why he had not asked the police to leave - once, as he later admitted - the journalist did give his particulars, Magistrate Peralta said the issue over the photographs taken 'surreptitiously' remained.
He admitted he had no permission from the Chief Justice to hold the party. Nor had he discussed the issue with him since.
READY TO RESIGN IF FOUND TO HAVE ABUSED POSITION
Dr Peralta said he would resign if the Commission found that he had acted abusively.
He also said that he had long organised such parties, even when he served in Kosovo.
Present for the party yesterday, he said, where MPs from both sides - whom he refused to name - members of the judiciary and lawyers.
He said another party was held in court Hall Two some two months ago to mark the retirement of a member of staff.
When it was pointed out to the magistrate that he was not new to controversy, he said former Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami had made up allegations about him and did not have the decency to apologise when the motion was withdrawn. But, he pointed out, one of Dr Fenech Adami's two lawyers had apologised to him. He refused to name the lawyer.
(Magistrate Peralta had int he early 1990s faced an impeachment motion for being a freemason, but it was dropped when he declared he was the lawyer of the freemason lodge and not a freemason.)
Asked today whether he was a member of a Freemason lodge, the magistrate said he would not reply. However he pointed out that there were various judgements even at the European Court of Human Rights, which said that there was nothing illegal about freemasonry and there was nothing wrong with members of the judiciary being Freemasons.
The controversy arose after Dr Peralta yesterday held a party in his courtroom. A Times of Malta reporter who went to look into what was happening and tried to take a picture was arrested on the Magistrate's orders and held for three hours.
The Parliamentary Secretary for Justice, Owen Bonnici, described the arrest as illegal and abusive. He was also critical of the fact that a party was held in a courtroom. The PN said the magistrate's position is untenable.