A meeting between Union Haddiema Maghqudin general secretary Josef Vella and Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela was cancelled this morning after the former refused to obey orders not to take his mobile phone in with him.

In a statement this evening, union general secretary Josef Vella condemned this attitude and said he felt offended because he had never been humiliated in such a manner.

He said he attended several meetings with the Prime Minister at Castille and with other ministers in their respective ministries and this had never happened to him before.

“This is not the way to treat social partners, he said, adding such behaviour showed the government’s lack of trust in the UHM.

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