The Nationalist Party has criticised Finance Minister Edward Scicluna for his criticism yesterday of the National Statistics Office.

Prof Scicluna had been criticial of figures on manufacturing industry, describing them as fake (Fazul).

The PN said Prof Scicluna should have known better that criticise an independent institution forming part of Eurostat.

Clearly, when the minister was with his back to the wall, he tried to throw mud at others, the PN said. What was fake was a four-hour Budget speech which lacked direction and was socially unfair.

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