Joseph Muscat is damaging Malta’s image by going against Malta’s international obligations rather than serving his duties and using reason, Alternattiva Demokratika said.

“If the Prime Minister had a backbone he would send back to the EU the millions of euros that Malta received for investment on people seeking humanitarian protection.

“But Dr Muscat is just full of hot air. He is only able to play with people’s emotions, kick up a big crisis and use vulnerable people for his own political and populist ends,” the party’s deputy chairman, Carmel Cacopardo, said.