Labour leader Joseph Muscat has a lot to answer for in the drug case related to a PL club and for his defence of Toni Abela, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said.
He stepped up the pressure on Labour to reveal all it knows about the drug-related episode involving one of its local clubs, following a PN press conference in which it was revealed that Dr Muscat knew about the incident, contrary to what he claimed last week.
Now it had been revealed that Dr Muscat actually knew about the drug case, he should explain why it was not reported to the police and why he didn’t tell the truth, the Prime Minister said.
While Labour was trying to fling mud at the Government on the oil commissions case, the PN had shown that it was serious whenever allegations were made and immediately reported them to the competent authorities for independent investigations to be launched.
It was now clear that Labour did the contrary and tried to conceal information.
The PN, he said, had always acted correctly and reported all the cases it came to know of. On the other hand, Labour, despite still being in opposition, was already revealing its true colours and was only interested in mud throwing and not in unveiling the truth.
Labour candidate Manuel Mallia too had to provide explanations over his possible involvement in the oil commissions saga when he was legal counsel to the Farrugia brothers – owners of John’s Garage and of one of the companies involved in the commissions made from oil procurement.
Dr Gonzi said he could not understand why Labour seemed to be so uncomfortable with the conditional presidential pardon given to one of the Farrugia brothers in order for the whole truth to emerge.
The Prime Minister was speaking to journalists at the end of a visit to the Higher Secondary School in Naxxar, where he was welcomed by hundreds of students waving EU flags and chanting pro-PN slogans.
He was taken on a tour of the school and met staff and students.
He said the PN wanted to continue to invest millions in the educational system as it believed this was the key to the country’s prosperity.
While 83 per cent of students were choosing to continue their post-secondary education, the Government was aiming to achieve higher benchmarks in the coming five years.