The Labour Party said this evening that through its objection to an Opposition amendment to a motion of censure against Home Affairs Minister Carm Mifsud Bonnici the government this morning buried its European democratic credentials.

The objection was made when the Opposition proposed to amend its own motion so that it would call for the resignation of Dr Mifsud Bonnici.

In a statement the PL said that approval of a censure motion should be enough for a minister to resign.

However, in order to avoid legal games of the sort played by the prime minister when he ignored the will of the people after the divorce referendum, it had proposed to amend the motion in order to call for the minister's resignation.

In seeking to prevent the amendment, the government revealed its game and buried its democratic credentials, the PL said.

See report at http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120523/local/debate-on-mifsud-bonnici-censure-motion-opens.420970

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