The Opposition had presented a motion in Parliament contesting the regulations governing the citizenship scheme.

The motion was presented within minutes of the government having tabled a legal notice to bring the rules of the Individual Investor Programme into force.

The motion calls for the motion to be withdrawn. It was presented by Opposition home affairs spokesman Jason Azzopardi.

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