Opposition leader Simon Busuttil warned those who were discriminating against civil servants because of their political background that they would be held responsible.

“I want to give a clear message that the PN is following all the complaints made by those claiming they are being discriminated against. And, when the time comes, the PN will take action to hold responsible those who are committing this political discrimination,” he said during a PN activity held in St Paul’s Bay ahead of the May 24 MEP elections.

He said he was not satisfied with the way the government tried to turn the public service into a Labour Party club. Soon after being elected it placed Mario Cutajar, a Labour activist, at the head of the civil service.

He questioned why the government was not publishing the €400 million power station contract and the €200 million contract with Henley and Partners, the firm that will be overseeing the citizenship scheme.

The Opposition had asked the Speaker of the House to rule in favour of these contracts being made public. He hoped the Speaker would not wait until after the MEP elections to give a decision and that his decision would be one “in favour of transparency”.

Speaking about the distribution of medicines he said the Nationalist Party would keep on insisting on an independent and transparent investigation into allegations of discrimination.

He said the PN was not satisfied with the outcome of the internal investigation carried out by the government that concluded there was no discrimination.

He insisted that pharmacist Denise Ellul, who raised the issue some weeks ago, had made it clear that she experienced the discrimination in her own pharmacy.