The Institute of Maltese Journalists has condemned Saturday's physical attack on the Labour Party's media executive Charlon Gouder.
Mr Gouder said he was attacked by two men at a night club, limits of Rabat, early on Saturday morning. He said he was with his wife at the time when the men insulted him and then hit him. Institute chairman Malcolm Naudi said that people who worked in the media should not be the target of violent physical attacks.
Labour leader Joseph Muscat yesterday expressed solidarity with Mr Gouder and said he hoped the assault had nothing to do with politics and that Malta would never revert to a situation where might was right.
Dr Muscat appealed for calm and said all issues should be resolved through reason. For Labour, he said, violence could never be justified.