The change from a public corporation to a company means the privatisation of Enemalta and of the electricity sector, Alternattiva Demokratika said as it appealed to the government to make its plans and policies in the energy sector clear.

In a statement, energy spokesman Ralph Cassar,  said that despite all his rhetoric and promises Prime Minister Joseph Muscat was treating Enemalta workers in the same way the Nationalist government had treated shipyard workers in the recent past. “Muscat says one thing and does the opposite."

He said there remained various unanswered questions regarding the new company. “What is the influence of the new shareholders on government policy in the energy sector? Whose interests will they defend? Those of the public, the environment and the local economy or those of the Chinese government? It is also a shame that the GWU is taking a servile attitude towards (Dr) Muscat instead of defending the interests of its members."

Mr Cassar appealed to the government to make its plans and policies in the energy sector clear. "Government is not interested in exploring and investing in new and clean sources of energy. We have had Minister Konrad Mizzi telling us that wind energy is not viable - this goes contrary to logic, it is a known fact that wind energy is one of the most developed clean energy source. The only thing which is clear is that this government is selling our energy sovereignty to the Chinese government."